Indian Roller: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, March 2023 — One of my most hoped for birds when I travel east to Europe, Africa, and not Asia, is the roller. European Roller in Europe – Lilac-breasted, Purple, and Broad-billed in Africa – Indian here in India. I have not had what I would call a good photo opp (the birds we saw yesterday were wee and far, as they say, but this will do for a start 🙂 Such blue! Cropped and enlarged in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. ISO 1000 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1.3EV (because the birds were perched against the sky before they flew).

Coppersmith Barbet: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, March 2023 — One of the more colorful of small Indian birds, and certainly one of the most noisy…its constant one note call, blongk blongk blongk and on and on, is a feature of the Indian forest, at least here in Bharatpur. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 500 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus .3 EV.

Sarus Cranes: along the road to Bharatpur, India, March 2023 — This group of a dozen rare Sarus Cranes was in a farm field not visible from the road, but our guide lives nearby and “takes care” of the group, paying the farmers to give the cranes space and monitoring their safety, so he knew right where they were likely to be. We hiked in just a field or two to find them. It was late in the day and the light was going, but still! This is the largest crane in the world, standing over 5 feet tall. Impressive, majestic, and peaceful. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 2500 @ f4 @ 1/500th.