Showbill Profile

[Ken Watkins]

As requested following my last full frontal, here is a profile shot, which I hope you will like.

Taken from a small boat on the papyrus swamps at the southern end of Lake Albert, Uganda.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand-held

F6.3, ISO 800, 1/1000

It is of course a SHOEBILL!

[arash_hazeghi]

very cool! looks like a prehistoric bird!!! excellent portrait

[gail bisson]

Oooh and Ahhhh!
A great portrait of a very rare bird.
Love the composition and the IQ and the crest.
Would love this to be mine!
Gail

[Richard Stern]

Excellent close-up, with great detail and interesting expression. Nicely framed.

Richard

[PhilCook]

This bird will never win any beauty contests, but it's an image worthy of a prize. Lovely portrait with plenty of detail and character

[Andrew Merwin]

Another creature that I never knew existed until I saw your images of it. I like the detail, the crest, & that beak is awesome. What is their diet that requires such a large beak? Or, is the beak needed for another purpose? e.g. defense?

[laurie golden]

Super portrait with great detail. Guess I would have to say it is a better view of the bird than your first but certainly not as unique. I am still so jealous.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous portrait,Sir.Love the great details,expression,BG and the crest. I like the beak too.

[christopher galeski]

nice p




nice portrait,agree it does look phrehistoric,nice and sharp with good detail.thanks.

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - awesome portrait, nice and sharp with good detail. Thanks for introducing us to this unusual bird.

TFS,
Rachel

[Arno Ellmer]

Awesome, Ken ! A real privilege to be close to this bird and to capture it.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everybody, without a doubt my greatest ever bird sighting a very great privilege to be there and see such "beauty".