Scott White
08-18-2008, 04:03 AM
The humble old Laughing Kookaburra, a fairly common bird in Australia.
This image was taken not long before sunset. You can see it's belly feathers are still very wet from a dive to catch something in the creek below the branch. It was fairly comfortable with our presence and commenced preening and drying off whilst we approached.
Canon 350D, 400mm, F5.6, hand-held, almost full-frame (minor crop for composition only)
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jwedd/Images/IMG_5168_080818w7s.jpg
This image was taken not long before sunset. You can see it's belly feathers are still very wet from a dive to catch something in the creek below the branch. It was fairly comfortable with our presence and commenced preening and drying off whilst we approached.
Canon 350D, 400mm, F5.6, hand-held, almost full-frame (minor crop for composition only)
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jwedd/Images/IMG_5168_080818w7s.jpg