Red Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from car window in Kruger Park

Camera Model Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 800
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length 400.0mm

DPP (for a change)+ PSCC

[Colin Driscoll]

Looks like the pecker needs its own pecker! I'm a bit ambivalent about this one Jon, lovely background but the bird scratching is a bit of an awkward pose. I think I would prefer a better look at the bird, maybe pulling something out of the animal's back.

[John Mack]

Couldn't figure out what that was then realized it is the birds foot. Like the perch and the pose.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, like the natural perch and colours look bang on. I quite like the slightly blurred leg as it indicates a 'scratching' motion. Good detail and the eye of this subject is always really cool, but I'm not a fan of their characteristic of keeping a wound open to drink from. Perhaps end the LHS crop on the edge of the mane?

TFS
Steve

[Arthur Morris]

This one does not work well for me. The subject is quite centered and the pose is awkward though the behavior is interesting.

with love, artie