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Ibis Shot this bird this afternoon at baglur lake from outskirts of Bengaluru <br />
 Black-headed Ibis,Geotagged,India,Nikon D7100,Summer,Threskiornis melanocephalus,avian,bangalore,birds,tamron Click/tap to enlarge

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  1. Very sharp for a moving bird! Posted 10 years ago
    1. Thank you Chris!
      Yep, it took lot of practice to handhold 600mm and shoot moving objects. Now I'm confirtable with it.
      However the lens has some focusing issues after 450mm, sometimes af does not work but not very often.
      Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
      1. The AF issues are not uncommon for long lenses when you use a relatively small aperture. In such situations the sensor doesn't have enough light to do AF. Posted 10 years ago

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The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia from northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 2 - 4 eggs.

It occurs in marshy wetlands inland and on the coast, where it feeds on various fish, frogs and other water creatures, as well as on insects. It walks about actively on marshy land probing with its.. more

Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by Ganesh Seshachar
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By Ganesh Seshachar

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Uploaded Aug 30, 2015. Captured Aug 30, 2015 13:53 in State Highway 104, Mitganahalli, Bellahalli, Bagaluru, Karnataka 562149, India.
  • NIKON D7100
  • f/6.3
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO500
  • 550mm