Finalist Wildlife · November 2022
Love Calls
As we entered the park we found this pair of the world's tallest flying birds, Sarus Crane sitting and giving courtship to their partner by calling loudly and dancing. These cranes are known for their loyalty to their partner throughout their life. I kept on documenting them but somewhere I was not happy with the outcome. So, I changed my location and came to a muddy place where my boots were fully into mud but I was anticipating them to come there as that was the only perfect narrow angle to make their image. Later, my previsualization helped me and the cranes came to a beautiful backdrop where the overall ambiance was so beautiful and then I composed this image. At last as the crowd kept on increasing so they flew away.
- Award
- Finalist — Wildlife, November 2022
- Location
- Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
- Camera
- ILCE-7M3
- Focal length
- 300mm
- Shutter
- 1/1600s
- Aperture
- f/5.6
- ISO
- ISO 500