Knysna Touraco

[Chris van Rooyen]

This is another image from my trip to Wilderness in the Western Cape earlier in January. I removed a tent roof from the bottom of the frame, and cloned some background in.

Camera Model: NIKON D3S
Date/Time: 2011:01:10 11:17:15
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: High speed sync, -1/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1250
Lens: VR 600mm f/4G
Focal length: 600mm

[Kiran Poonacha]

Looks like a bird on fire Bhai.. beautiful, that red underwing creates a lot of interest... love it..

[Sinuhe Hahn]

Great photo Chris, they are most impressive birds.

[Stu Bowie]

Good gliding pose Chris, and the Touroco really pops from the BG. Love the red eye ring. Well captured.

[Mital Patel]

this is mindblowing image as well the bird itself ..

[Pieter de Waal]

Excellent image Chris, again the features of the bird well illustrated. Love the facial detail and gliding pose.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Chris! I like the gliding position, eye and sharpness.

[James Salywoda]

WOW! Quite stunning Chris I love the light shining through the red feathers beautiful shot.

[Daniel Bailey]

Beautiful!!!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments guys:)

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Stunning capture Chris. Action well 'freezed'. Fine eye contact as well.
Lovely exposure & colours.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice bird and I am with Mital about the ''bird on fire'' comment! Love that eye. :S3: