View Full Version : Another Flying Ground Hornbill
Ken Watkins
07-19-2009, 12:15 AM
This time taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 21st June 2009
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4 IS hand held
F5, ISO 400, 1/4000, ev +2/3rds (F stop lowered quickly when flight started a little to much I think)
Manos Papadomanolakis
07-19-2009, 12:17 AM
nice looking bird with beautiful pose/wing position!
Ramon M. Casares
07-19-2009, 12:21 AM
Although I wish the rear wing was fully up, I like the pose, great species, excellent exposure despite the harsh light and nice colors and comp.
Congratulations!
Juan Aragonés
07-19-2009, 01:27 AM
You did a very good exposure job because B&W are always a bit tricky to expose under intense light conditions. I think that it is not very common to see flight images of this ground dwelling species and that is a bonus for this image.
Stu Bowie
07-19-2009, 04:02 AM
Yep, we normally see these guys on the ground - so to see one in flight, a bonus. Great exposure on the colours, and nice and sharp too. Well captured Ken.
David Fletcher
07-19-2009, 06:16 AM
Nice one Ken. Did well with the light and getting a flight shot is quite uncommon. congrats!
Dave Barnes
07-19-2009, 07:30 AM
Hi Ken.
Rare momennt well seen and captured. Good exposure showing nice detail in both the dark and light feathers.
I would be tempted to tone down the highlights on his crop and clean the bill up a tad.
Kiran Poonacha
07-19-2009, 12:59 PM
Great species, loved the pose and details.. congrats..
Gyorgy Szimuly
07-20-2009, 05:37 AM
Awesome image knowing how hard to find, see and even photograph them. You should be an expert or a lucky guy :D
Szimi
Ken Watkins
07-20-2009, 08:43 AM
Thanks for all of the comments, in response to Gyorgy, you need to be lucky! Although I must confess to having seen Ground Hornbill fly on several occasions, they in common with most birds tend to fly away, rather than towards you or vaguely parallel.
I am certainly no expert!
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