Yellow-billed Cuckoo

[Doug Brown]

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is somewhat of a recluse, so I was excited to see one land on a perch during Alan Murphy's (and Brian Small's) recent Galveston workshop. I had a 5DSR on loan from Canon so I got lots of pixels on the Cuckoo; the cropped dimensions of this image are 4451x6677 (about 30 megapixels)!

Canon 5DSR, 600 mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 800, manual exposure, tripod, blind

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[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, I like the inquisitive pose and HA, and lots of character on the perch with the yellow lichen. Nice smooth BG too.

I had a chance to shoot with the 5Ds a little while back. As you say, plenty pixels to work with. :w3

[Bill Dix]

Great pose, and I love the lichen matching the color of the bill and eye ring. Well done.

[Marina Scarr]

Glad you were able to capture this species. Great pose, lovely light and unique BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice portrait, it must look great at full size