Spot Billed Pelicans

10 October 2010

Muthanallur Lake, Bangalore Outskirts, Karnataka, India

Canon EF 800mm f5.6 L IS on 1D Mark IV, ISO 500, 1/320 @ f5.6, Evaluative Metering + 1 2/3 Stop, Aperture Priority

When you are exposing white birds against the sky on an overcast day, ensure that you over expose by at least 1 to 2 stops.

The green out of focus foreground was achieved by lying flat on the ground and including the green grass of the lake bed.