Southern Ground Hornbill portrait

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Needless to say these are very interesting looking Hornbills. Captured this image recently in Botswana. The males can reach 90 to 129 centimeters (35.4 to 50.8 in) in length, and can weigh from 3.5 to 6.2 kilograms (7.7 to 13.7 lb). A lifer for me. C&C welcome.

D500, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, 1/1600s, HH, f 6.3, ISO 800.


Geoffrey




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[annmpacheco]

Hornbills are so very interesting! This is surely a dramatic portrait Geoffrey, and i like the natural setting... Love the eyelashes too! well done

[John Mack]

Cool portrait of this hornbill. Pretty neat looking. Good detail in the blacks.

[keith mitchell]

Geoffrey you have got some splendid detail ,lovely colour and a nice bg to set to all off,very nice.

Keith.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful detail and the Hornbill is so full of character, my only suggestion would be to selectively lighten the eye and the area around it just a tad.

[Bill Dix]

Nice capture of a great looking bird. Good detail in the blacks. Looks like that bill has been well used.

[William Dickson]

Looking good Geoffrey. Love the colours and that red gives it a boost. Nice detail, HA and BG. Good detail on the bird.

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks everyone. Don I did look at the eye and debated whether or not to lighten a bit, and decided it fit the overcast lighting. Having said that I'll go back to the original and have another look. Thanks for the suggestion.

Geoffrey




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