The Black-naped Monarch, by Tareq Uddin Ahmed

The Black-naped Monarch is a slim and agile passerine bird belongs to the family of monarch flycatchers. They are very tough to photograph as they react to every motion. It took me a while to take a good shot of it, and I am happy with the result.

Canon EOS 70D with EF 100-400mm | Exposure 1/200sec f/5.6 | ISO 200 | Focal Length 400mm
The Black-naped Monarch, by Tareq Uddin Ahmed

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 19
Award Score: 64 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Wildlife Photography
Photograph Location: Bakerganj, Barisal | Bangladesh

Photographer: Tareq Uddin Ahmed (Chittagong, Bangladesh) Registered
Mostly lives in Chittagong, Tareq Uddin Ahmned was born in Bangladesh in 1980. He started photography back in 2011, and got highlighted within a short period of time. Tareq loves bird photography, and has traveled many districts across his country for it. He is one of the founder members of Chittagong Bird Club (C.B.C.). Though he is a bird photographer, he also loves to capture flowers and butterflies, and locally famous for his macro photographs. At the end of 2013, some of his photographs got selected and published in local newspaper. Now he is looking forward to expand his working field globally.

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