Story Behind The Picture : "Perfect Take-Off"

Celebrating 1st Anniversary

Story Behind The Picture

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“Perfect Take-Off”

Friends,

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This time I’m before you with one of my favourite photographs, “Perfect Take-Off”. This picture was clicked in February, 2006 near Abhaypur village of District Pilibhit (U.P, India). I observed this pair of Sarus Cranes on one pleasant evening. They were walking close to a water body situated at the outskirts of this village. I had an expected desire to capture them. I firstly set my camera at the continuous focusing, and continuous shooting modes and then concentrated at the cranes. I forwarded towards them little by little, and at the same time started clicking because I didn’t want to drop any moment. When I reached a slight close to the birds, they became alert and started taking-off. I had a golden chance to capture a perfect moment. I clicked a few frames of their take-off. This is one of them. I like this photograph because the position of the cranes in this photograph is miraculous and resembles the two planes taking-off together (although two planes never take off so closely).
I used a Nikon, F-80 Camera with a Sigma, 170-500 mm lens. The film was Fuji Crystal, 400 ASA. The photograph was taken at shutter speed priority mode (1/500 sec.).

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--Dr. Pankaj Sharma

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