The happy couple - southern yellow-billed hornbills

Attachment 143444

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Date taken: 17 June 2013
Photo details:
ISO 640
Shutter speed 1/5000
F stop 6.3
Exposure bias 0
Sharpening for web

These guys always look angry! I like the face-to-face poses. Good details, good colours, and comp looks to be well balanced. I'd look into removing the extra branches in lower right corner as they do not add anything IMO.

Good caption!
I love hornbills and to get 2 that are interacting and sharp in the frame is a bonus.
Whites look good and good clean perch.
Gail

Richard you have done very well getting both these birds in focus,very nice neat image.

Keith.

Great poses and HA's on these two grouchy birds. Wonderful subjects. Looks well exposed under what may have been pretty bright conditions.

Looks awesome. Two very well posed subjects, space nicely, and they are just beautiful birds anyway. Nicely balanced composition.

This is a very nice image! Love seeing both of them sharp on the same perch which has so much character. Nice to see them angled toward one another and one looking so much larger. Well done

great pose and HA for both, sharp with good exposure. I might clone out some of the stray branches on the right border

TFS

Thanks a ton for the comments!