Blacknecked Stork

Gallery: AvianPosted May 30, 2011707 views28 comments

Blacknecked Stork (male)hunting on ducks, that's why, it's not usual pose.
Normally, it feeds on fish, but when fish becomes scarce, it hunts on coots n ducks.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 7D; 500mm; ISO 200; 1/1250 sec. at F9.
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Butch Lama on May 30, 2011 at 9:11 AM

Wow...Haven't seen many image of this species in this kind of on flight pose. Love that black on white wings & you have him/her keeping an eye on you too.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on May 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Jagdeep,
great flight pose, exposure control and background. Beautiful work.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on May 30, 2011 at 10:22 AM

Beautifully photographed, Jagdeep. You achieved just enough blur of the BG to set the bird off. I love the coloring and markings of this bird. I'd guess there are not many images of this perspective of that bird. Care to tell us where you were when you took this? In a tree, cliff, balcony?

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 30, 2011 at 11:19 AM

IMHO great photo! This is as far as I remember the first time I have seen a photo of this species and it is very well done. I like the detail in the stork, the color and the pose. Thank you very much for posting. This to me is one of the benifts of NPN, you get to see photos of animals you may never get a chance to see personally.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 30, 2011 at 11:49 AM

Oh, beautiful! So clear and sharp and detailed!

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on May 30, 2011 at 12:10 PM

What a gorgeous species. Terrific timing, great work as always Jagdeep!!

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 30, 2011 at 1:08 PM

WOW, double WOW Jagdeep... what a beautiful bird I've certainly never seen a photograph of, and superbly captured by you. Love it.

Registered on March 2, 2009, 984 Posts, 2518 Comments

Comment posted by David Williams on May 30, 2011 at 2:26 PM

Wonderful angle on this flight shot, Jagdeep. Very interesting color pattern on the wings and back, and that neck just looks too skinny to hold up the head.......

Well done.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 30, 2011 at 6:13 PM

About as good as it gets !
JohnR

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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 30, 2011 at 7:07 PM

Congrats on this capture. Perfect positions of wings, excellent techs.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on May 30, 2011 at 8:14 PM

Couldn't ask for a better wing position to show the marvelous markings of this bird. Jagdeep, this is terrific in every way.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 30, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Brilliantly exposed for detail and colours Jagdeep, and what a marvelous catchlight you caught in it's eye :^)

If this were mine I would apply some NR on the background.

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 30, 2011 at 10:07 PM

Great flight image. The colors and detail are right on and it really stands out from the background.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 30, 2011 at 11:38 PM

Wow, I never realized they had such a specatcular pattern on their wings because although I've seen them and many photographs, never a top side view. Wonderful shot Jagdeep

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on May 30, 2011 at 11:45 PM

Wow Jagdeep...this is just terrific! Such a GREAT job on composition, exposure, etc...all the techs. are dead on perfect, and the pose is incredible as well. I love this!

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 31, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Thanks friends!
Actually, a pair of Blacknecked Storks had a nest in the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur and they had a large area to fish n hunt. I was on foot, roaming around to get some pictures and this was taken from tripod.

Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 31, 2011 at 8:34 AM

Great bird and you've done it proud Jagdeep - well done

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on May 31, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Beautiful flight image! Love the patters on the back,

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 31, 2011 at 3:48 PM

A fabulous perspective on an impressive bird.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 31, 2011 at 8:08 PM

Wonderful image, love the wing span. Excellent details, nice work.

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 9, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Excellent, Jagdeep. Wonderful flight shot. Congratulations on the EP.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 9, 2011 at 4:05 PM

Congratulations for the WP.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on June 9, 2011 at 10:17 PM

Congrats for the weekly pic.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 10, 2011 at 1:33 AM

Congratulations on the richly deserved WP Jagdeep, once again, very well done :^)

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on June 10, 2011 at 3:28 PM

Awesome , very well doen. Congratulations on the WP.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on June 12, 2011 at 3:11 AM

Thanks friends !
I'm touched!

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 13, 2011 at 12:53 AM

Congrats Jagdeep!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 16, 2011 at 6:41 AM

what an odd bird! Love it, especially that neck!
Congrats on n excellent WP!
Sandy

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