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Painted Stork Pair


Painted Stork Pair
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Copyright: Satish Hanumantha Rao (satish_h) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 115 W: 0 N: 1258] (7620)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D-200, Sigma 100-300 f/4 EX HSM
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Pentaxfriend's favorites [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-03-06 9:20
Viewed: 886
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.It is a tropical species which breeds in Asia from India and Sri Lanka to southeast Asia. It is a resident breeder in lowland wetlands with trees. The large stick nest is built in a forest tree, and 2-5 eggs is a typical clutch.

The Painted Stork is a broad winged soaring bird. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched.

The adult is a large bird, 95-100cm tall, mainly white with black flight feathers. The head is red, and the long downcurved bill is yellow. The tail and legs are pink, and there is dark barring on the breast. Juvenile birds are a duller version of the adult, generally browner and lacking the bright colours of the adult. The Painted Stork walks slowly and steadily in shallow waters or adjacent we and grassland seeking its prey, which, like that of most of its relatives, includes fish, frogs and large insects. It sweeps its head from side to side with its bill half open in water as it hunts for fish.

The Painted Stork nests colonially and famous nesting colonies include the ones in the New Delhi Zoological Garden and Kokrebellur in southern India. Another Painted Stork colony is located at Uppalapadu village which is about 10 km towards east of Guntur town in Andhra Pradesh. This is basically a nesting colony of Grey Pelican and Painted Stork who come in thousands during their nesting season from November to April every year. For feeding the chicks they bring fish from sea and river which is about 45 to 50km from the nesting site. Being surrounded by villages and ever increasing demand of land and absence of patronage from the local government, the future of this sanctuary is not very bright.

I found this pair, ready to build the nest in Ranganathittu Bird sanctuary. I found the Diffused Bg interesting. and took several shots, before approaching them near. Actually these birds were known to have colonies in Kokkare bellur Bird santuary about 100 kms. nearby. But due to shortage of water and other Problems, they have shifted their base to This Bird sanctuary.
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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2008-03-06 9:25]

Hello Satish,
what a lovely pair, they so colorful.
Composition is great and the deatil in the plumage is amazing.
TFS..Sky

Satish,
wow, great shot, perfect sharpness and clarity, you can see the feather and its detail. Beautiful colors. good composition, love the tropical background. Great close up of the pair of painted storks. Thanks so much. So many great photographers here.
Way

I very like your composition. great shot and beautiful nature photo. Good work. Carme.

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  • Arjun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 359 W: 7 N: 1112] (5412)
  • [2008-03-06 9:31]

hi chikappa,
very nice picture.the BG is pleasant,and lighting too
TFS

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2008-03-06 9:33]

Hello Satish,
Superb capture of this pair of Painted Stork from a fine POV. Excellent sharpness and beautiful colours. I love the natural environment and the very beautiful composition. Well done!
Many thanks, Ulla

Bonsoir Satish
Bonne photo assez nette et bien éclairée
Les sujets ont l'air de deux jumeaux
Cyber-Rayder

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3824 W: 190 N: 11393] (35107)
  • [2008-03-06 9:59]

Hello Satish,
This is a beautiful capture of a pair of striking Painted Storks in their breeding finery. The technical qualities of this image are great and the composition against the natural greenery is superb with excellent contrast.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Ivan

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  • kjpweb Gold Star Critiquer [C: 332 W: 86 N: 1084] (4788)
  • [2008-03-06 10:02]

A beautiful and colorful shot with great detail! Wonderfully done, Satish! Great work!

Beautiful capture of this pair Satish. The symetry of their poses is beautiful as well as the rich colors of the image. I like the framing of the vegitation and the blurred BG also.
Very nice. Thank you.
Richard

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2398 W: 94 N: 5543] (17640)
  • [2008-03-06 11:09]

Hello Satish,
Wow, this is a superb photo in wonderful contrasting colours and environment. Good sharpness and a fantastic composition and BG.
Regards,
Peter

beautiful pic, great framing, TFS Ori

Hallo Satish
Great set of twins you manage to capture here, in a perfect pose. It is incredible how much these two storks look alike. Wonderful and natural picture kind of a photo with great colours and light. Just love the wonderful markings and colours. This is a lovely photo, perfectly framed and presented in a delightful manner.Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Anna

Hi Satish,

Beautiful shot
Excellent compo with great sharpness and lovely colors
POV, DOF and BG are perfect and details are beautiful

TFS Thijs

Maravilla de juego de colores y una buena composición. Es muy interesante a mi entender el que pueda apreciarse tan ampliamente el hábitas de estas bellas aves totalmente desconocidas para mí.
Saludos: J. Ignasi

Excellent Treknature post. Good detail and beautiful hues captured. Thanks for sharing.

Rob

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  • darwin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 260 W: 0 N: 403] (1393)
  • [2008-03-06 16:21]

Hi Satish
Superb presentation
Lovely color
Nice detail
tfs jon

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  • smitha Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 323 W: 75 N: 1002] (3753)
  • [2008-03-06 20:05]

Hello Satish,
What a beautiful picture showing a very handsome couple of Painted Storks.I liked the POV and the background. The composition is excellent. The picture quality as usual is excellent.Thanks for the share,
Smitha.

Hi Satish,
Beautiful capture, your picture shows clearly why they are called painted Storks :) TFS
Regards
Anil

Satish, I am amazed at your ability to visualize picture opportunities. I am sure every one of us would have seen the same scene many times at Rangana Thittu. But requires a master photographer to visualize a frame and capture it.

- Murali Santhanam

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2008-03-07 8:09]

Satish Sir, WOW you are lucky to shoot such a beautiful bird. Lovely color and sharpness indeed. Ganesh

Hi Satish

Good shot of this lovely pair. the storks are well framed by the reeds and you had good even light to take this magic shot.

Chris

Lovely colours of these birds Satish. Very good composition of the pair.TFS

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