Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

23 March 2008

Munnar, Kerala, India

Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS on Canon 1D Mark III
ISO 500, 1/1600 @ f6.3 Evaluative Metering at -1 Stop

We hired a boat at Munnar to photograph the Little Grebe. During our drive in the small streams of the backwater, we came across this wagtail on the banks. Photographing birds from a boat is one of the best ways to approach them as close quarters.