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Kiran Poonacha
05-14-2010, 11:13 AM
Was lucky to get this shy beauty on the anthill last week.
spec:1/500, F 7.1, ISO 400
Canon 1DMK4 + 500mm + 1.4TC
Randy Stout
05-14-2010, 11:35 AM
Kiran:
Another beauty. Sharp, well exposed and posed, nice BG.
Amazing eye. Did it require any work to be so dramatic?
Cheers
Randy
Danny Laredo
05-14-2010, 11:38 AM
Kiran, congrats on a stunning image.
Giulio Zanni
05-14-2010, 11:41 AM
Impressive bird and image, congratulations
Kiran Poonacha
05-14-2010, 11:56 AM
Thank you all for your kind words...
@ Randy: the bird on the whole, had to brighten up the back and wing feathers as the light was against it. A little bit of cloning to knock off a plant next to the anthill. not much on the eye bhai, just a bit of brightening.
thanks again,
Kiran.
Tony Whitehead
05-14-2010, 11:56 AM
Great detail, pose, perch and BG. Good job, Kiran.
subhrashis
05-14-2010, 12:09 PM
Jaw droppingly awesome. Can't think of any improvement unless you got it to say "Hi!" from the photo... :)
Don't worry, it already does!
Kaustubh Deshpande
05-14-2010, 12:24 PM
Awesome Kiran. The pigeon-face of the honey buzzard makes it so different from other raptors. Loved the bokeh...among other things. Wonderfully done.
Ilija Dukovski
05-14-2010, 12:50 PM
Excellent one again, great BG too. Very interesting shape of this bird.
Long neck, and elongated head. Why Honey in their name,
can you tell us a bit about their ecology (feeding etc.)
Gary Irwin
05-14-2010, 03:49 PM
Beautiful image! I wouldn't know how to improve it.
Morkel Erasmus
05-14-2010, 04:15 PM
this one has some serious "pop" Kiranbhai...lovely golden light and clean surrounds too. I might shave a sliver off the LHS and add a notch to the RHS if you have it.
denise ippolito
05-14-2010, 06:01 PM
Kiran, Beautiful pose and details. I love seeing the talons so clearly. Are these birds ever banded?
Ramon M. Casares
05-14-2010, 06:42 PM
Superb image of a sepcies that I didnīt even know that existed! Congratulaitons! Light, pose, perch, detail, colors and sharpness are simply outstanding!
Ajit Huilgol
05-14-2010, 10:07 PM
Another stunner, Kiran! And to answer Ilija Dukovski's question, honey buzzards feed on honey, bees, lizards and even bird chicks of other species.
Kiran Poonacha
05-14-2010, 11:04 PM
Thank you all so much for your encouragement... really appreciate it..
thank you Dr. for the inputs, just to add a little more they feed on the honeybee larvae often breaking the honeycomb, there name comes from that.
@ Denise: I have not really come across anybody banding these birds from the place I come from (Bangalore). there is lot of study to be done on raptors in india, but now the new generation with a lot of exposure sure will have to take it forward.
Thank you again..
Kiran.
Markus Jais
05-14-2010, 11:47 PM
Stunning shot with great perch and perfect HA.
Markus
Harshad Barve
05-16-2010, 02:13 AM
Another killer and winner Shot Kiranbhai
TFS
Chris van Rooyen
05-16-2010, 11:34 AM
Awesome species, and your usual top standard. Fantastic low angle
Ilija Dukovski
05-17-2010, 08:30 AM
thank you Dr. for the inputs, just to add a little more they feed on the honeybee larvae often breaking the honeycomb, there name comes from that.
Thanks Kiran and Ajit for the information, fascinating bird.
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