Red Billed Hornbill

[Rachel Hollander]

Taken at my lodge in the Timbavati Game Reserve, South Africa between game drives. Lying on the ground.

Canon 7D2
300 II
1/1000
f5.6
ISO 800
HH, cropped from below and left for comp (this is about 80% of ff), levels, curves, selective burning of highlights in bg and fg, color adjustments, sharpened in CCPS.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Colin Driscoll]

Good work with a difficult environment; rather grumpy looking fellow!

[keith mitchell]

Hi Rachel I like the almost evil eye just right for Halloween,Bird itself looks good with nice exposure and plenty of detail,my only little nit is the oof forground.

Keith.

[Adhika Lie]

Very very nice, Rachel! The horizon is unfortunate but it doesn't detract much from the picture for me. I think the body angle and the head angle works really well here.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Rachel, lovely low perspective, and knowing these birds well, I'm amazed he posed for you so nicely, being a bit skittish now and then. Good DOF for F/5.6, and you have brought out the finer detail on the Hornbill nicely. Raising your camera ever so slightly would have eliminated most of the OOF FG. :w3

I saw a lot of these guys on my recent trip to kruger, but didnt capture any shot as good as this.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments, much appreciated.

Happy Halloween,
Rachel

[Bill Nuttall]

not a fan of the OOF strip in the fg Rachel

The bird is fine, but no legs and the fg worsens that fact

techs are fine, (as always), but fg and indeed the bg and the OOF areas unbalance the image, for me

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Rachel, I know this location :bg3:, no sign of the warthogs though?

Nice DoF, good detail and sharpness on the subject with a cool bokeh backdrop, nice one, although I would blend the highlight strip so you have continuity. Getting down & low is the way to go, like it.

TFS
Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Bill and Steve. Steve - only one warthog this year but a few bushbucks and nyalas.