The Official Theme Photography Thread: Festival Spirit

deky · 2nd November 2009, 19:38

One taken on my Kailash Mansarovar Trip. I didnt realize that the swan couple had babies with them till I cropped it.

sreerajunnithan · 2nd November 2009, 20:13

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Originally Posted by deky

One taken on my Kailash Mansarovar Trip. I didnt realize that the swan couple had babies with them till I cropped it.

Did you realize that this is Prized Catch? They are not swans, they are Bar Headed Geese. They come over to south India during the winter. And here we never get a chance to shoot them with chicks. This is one of the rarest Photograph of these birds since it is with Chicks. These birds fly over Mount Everest. And photographers are crazy here to catch a glimpse of these fellas. Mysore is one of the place you can see them during the winter. They breed in Himalayas region, mainly Tibet and Mongolia. Discovery/Animal planet had a program on these birds about their Migration Pattern. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks
--Sree--

vivekiny2k · 2nd November 2009, 20:20

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Originally Posted by sreerajunnithan

These birds fly over Mount Everest.

Discovery/Animal planet had a program on these birds about their Migration Pattern.

That reminds me, I think they were shown in disney's "earth".

Samurai · 2nd November 2009, 20:53

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Originally Posted by sreerajunnithan

These birds fly over Mount Everest. And photographers are crazy here to catch a glimpse of these fellas.

And Deky shot it on the other side of Everest, in Tibet.

Congrats Deky.

One more ordinary bird from my side.

deky · 2nd November 2009, 21:03

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Originally Posted by sreerajunnithan

Did you realize that this is Prized Catch? They are not swans, they are Bar Headed Geese. They come over to south India during the winter. And here we never get a chance to shoot them with chicks. This is one of the rarest Photograph of these birds since it is with Chicks. These birds fly over Mount Everest. And photographers are crazy here to catch a glimpse of these fellas. Mysore is one of the place you can see them during the winter. They breed in Himalayas region, mainly Tibet and Mongolia. Discovery/Animal planet had a program on these birds about their Migration Pattern. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks
--Sree--

Thanks for the information Shree, seriously I had no idea what were these birds.

After I realised they had chicks I clicked a few more pics. There is another bird nesting on the rocks. Cant be a seagull, a fresh water sea gull maybe?

Again heavily cropped.

Edit: Thank you Samurai, All of us Yatris just got lucky I guess!!

TSEA · 2nd November 2009, 21:14

Two old ones from my side:

Span:

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Paradise:

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v&v · 2nd November 2009, 21:32

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Shot from my flats balcony.

SS-Traveller · 2nd November 2009, 22:03

These were taken at the Alipur Zoo at Kolkata. The squalid conditions the birds stay in was more of my concern then.

Dreamy · 2nd November 2009, 22:32

Here are mine

i agree Photos of birds with eggs in their nest and with chicks should be avoided as birds are sensitive and they may abandon their nest. as most nest are build in most camouflaged way, to take a photograph few people may disturb the leaves, branch offering the protection and this may expose the nest to predators.

Samurai · 2nd November 2009, 23:15

A proud Eagle...

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guyonblackybx · 2nd November 2009, 23:52

Here are a few from my end.

jaysmokesleaves · 3rd November 2009, 00:00

The first Peegin I ever shot....err.. with a camera !!

vivekiny2k · 3rd November 2009, 00:10

some pics from me.

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catch of the day

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an old favorite.

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I couldn't get the lighting on this pelican right. ended up doing a lot of post processing.

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Torqueguru · 3rd November 2009, 00:15

I havent really seriously started shooting birds....but its one area in photography I would love to explore!

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Regards,
TG.

redfire · 3rd November 2009, 03:46

From Venice beach, LA

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deky Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jaipur Posts: 1,194 Thanked: 1,247 Times	Happy Family One taken on my Kailash Mansarovar Trip. I didnt realize that the swan couple had babies with them till I cropped it. Attached Thumbnails
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Dreamy BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: bangalore Posts: 39 Thanked: 3 Times	Here are mine i agree Photos of birds with eggs in their nest and with chicks should be avoided as birds are sensitive and they may abandon their nest. as most nest are build in most camouflaged way, to take a photograph few people may disturb the leaves, branch offering the protection and this may expose the nest to predators. Attached Thumbnails
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