Hoopoe

[Richard Unsworth]

:S3:
Hi

Alentejo, Ourique, Portugal

Close to sunset in the Montado; this chaplanded on a large dead tree I was sat waiting for the Kites that use as a viewpoint.

Just noise reduction, crop around 50, need to be ever closer!

In the morining I will waqit for the kite, stay tuned
7d 109-400 ISO 400 +.33 MANUAL EXP F 5.6 HH


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[Raybel Robles]

Very nice bird.

2 things i noticed with the pic... there is a yellow patch in the bottom right corner i think you should clone it out. The most important of all the branch in the bottom piece seems to be extremely blurred. did you did it?

[Alan Murphy]

Agree with the previous comment on the blurred areas. A killer bird. Wish for a less step angle.

[Karl Egressy]

Great bird to have a pictore of. Nits mentioned already. I would add that the bird colud use one more round of sharpening, especially the head and beak, or it is just my monitor.

[John Cooper]

A stunning looking bird Richard. Agree a little more sharpening on the subject is warranted. Blured spots bottom RH corner already mentioned.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi all

ha suffering on this laptop, need a WiFi mouse as touching up proving difficult.
Didnt blur that pesky branch and will disguise it :-)
re sharp - hear what you say. Have a good stream of pics btw.
want to get one of these with prey and/or raised crest, but heavy rain today :-(

[Melvin Grey]

You did explain that it was only a chance shot while waiting for the Kite, Richard. They are beautiful birds but so-and-so's to get with that crest fully raised but Best of Luck for the future - and I hope the Kite eventually arrived!!!

[Richard Unsworth]

Cheers Melvin

ok so I am putting up a repost where I have added more sharpening, removed bg spots and worked on that nasty blur
see what you think. Ill get into town, though I may need a boat its raining that hard.
The BWK is here and I am getting shots but I need to close down the distance on him. I am going to build a hide from an old ruin which is only a few metres from one of his lookout trees!

[Ivan Ellison]

Like the repost much better. Great birds to see and catch- as you know hard to get their crests up. they seem to raise them as they land but only for a sec or two, Making me want to book a trip back there next spring.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thx Ivan

cool, pay us a call,we can to IPN and get them Great Bustards

[Jim Crosswell]

This is a bird that I must see one day. Repost looks better. Look forward to seeing more images and good luck with the raised crest!

[Peter Dexter]

Wonderful shot, greaat lighting and I like the composition. I've certainly never seen this bird before. What a show stopper.