Laughing Kookaburra portrait

[Colin Driscoll]

Searching intently for worms!
50D 100-400 @ 400 1/250 f10 -1ev 400iso 430EXII -2/3 slight crop from top & LHS

[Morkel Erasmus]

nicely exposed and great detail - just love the BG
looks like the bugger on the face of my cricket bat ;)

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wonderful portrait of one of my favorite birds. This might make a great vertical as well. I might lighten the eye just a bit.

[Joe Senzatimore]

nicely exposed and great detail - just love the BG
looks like the bugger on the face of my cricket bat ;)

Morkel,
Why would you hit crickets with a bat???;););)

[Scott Frye]

Pretty little guy -- but background a bit splotchy for my tastes -- I might try to demphasize the BG by desaturating yellows - just to see what it would look like -- might reduce the greens closer to the greyish color in the BG --

[Arthur Morris]

Love the detail and the careful COMP. Head turn here is perfect for this pose and COMP.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Very cool bird. I love these especially their call for which they are famous. Good detail, good HA and good BG. Would crop in a little tigher if this were mine, basically a matter of preference. Well done!

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks for looking and for the comments. I am lucky enough to be greeted each morning from about an hour before sunrise by these happy birds!

Morkel, I hope you haven't spoiled your Kooka bat with cherries on the bird, and not too many on the edges :)

[Morkel Erasmus]

Colin - all those cherries are in the sweet spot :)