Stinking yet Surviving

Gallery: AvianPosted April 23, 2018159 views7 comments

"Stinking yet Surviving"
Greater Adjutant Stocks are IUCN Endangered Red Listed with less than 1000 surviving and the number is declining. Scavengers as they are, they feed in Guwahati Dumping Ground near Deepor Beel. These dumping grounds are their habitat and their survival depends on multiple Conservation Issues.

The setting Sun almost peeps through the heavy dust hazed sky and a lone Stork stands on the Trash hill.

I am not posting this in any other category as the Sp. survives in this habitat.
I tried to open up the underexposed parts just a little to give a hint of the habitat and the Sp. and not opting for a full silhouette. I tried to experiment with form and light.

(Nikon D500, 500 F4 G ED VR) Exposure Time - 1/125 seconds, F – 5.6, Exposure Program – Manual, ISO – 100, Metering Mode – Spot, White Balance – Sunny, Focus Mode – AF-C

I appreciate all critiques.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR VIEWING & INPUTS.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 23, 2018 at 11:41 AM

Lovely silhouette-excellent story. Thanks for drawing attention to the plight of this species Somdeb.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 23, 2018 at 1:30 PM

Nicely presented. I like the composition even though the bird is pretty close to the right edge. I think it still works here. Nice work opening up the shadow details just enough to see a bit of the habitat.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 23, 2018 at 2:33 PM

Nice shot, and thanks for sharing the story with us ! Love the silhouette approach ! cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 23, 2018 at 6:44 PM

Excellent artistic image with terrific light and just enough subtle detail to make the image work.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 23, 2018 at 9:45 PM

I like this Somdeb. The slight detail shown in the trash hill seems to add to the image in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 25, 2018 at 2:49 PM

It really makes a wonderful scenic image Somdeb. Sad story though. Well done.

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Comment posted by SOMDEB BISWAS on May 5, 2018 at 1:01 PM

Thanks a ton for your inputs.
with warm regards,
Somdeb

Registered on February 7, 2018, 16 Posts, 22 Comments