Drives on Bangalore - Mysore road are always interesting, especially when I have the time to explore. The waterholes off the highway are full of avian life.

This pair of Spot Billed Ducks were found near a lake, just before Channapatna. Here, I used a manual exposure of f/8 and 1/640s, but with auto-ISO on with spot-metering, which ended up using ISO-160.

The three Green Bee Eaters are from a field between Channapatna and Maddur. This time I used Av mode, with f/6.3, auto-ISO and spot metering for a 1/500s and ISO-250 exposure.

This gang of Tricolored Munias were seen near a riverside just before Maddur. I used Av mode f/5.6 for these shots which in hindsight, looked inadequate for this frame. Enough light was available to give me a 1/1000s, ISO-100 exposure.