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I have just returned from a five day trip to our Kruger National Park. I managed a variety of different animals, and one of my highlights on the avian side was this Saddle Billed Stork. I was in a hide at one of the water spots, and was fortunate that this guy was pretty close to get all sorts of shots of him. I do have full body shots too, but thought this angle was interesting. Taken late afternoon.
Canon 50D
100-400 @ 300mm
1/800
F/6.3
ISO 400
Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held.
Really like the colors of the bill and the eye really stands out. Like the open bill as well.
Gorgeous bird, and gorgeous image. Colors are fantastic, image is super sharp, with nice BG. Great photo!
John
Stuart,
Never managed to get this close, it has allowed you to show the fabulous colours, great head angle as well.
Stuart, Really great looking details and bird! I might take a teeny sliver off the right if it were mine. Beautiful!!
Thank you all for your comments and feedback.
Denise, thanks for your suggestion - it will work.
Stuart , excellent profile, the colours are spot on with good detail in the blacks. It is so easy to oversharpen with these close-ups which is not the case here. Great image.
Stuart, it almost looks like a wood carving, exposure bang on, unreal colors, detail and nice BKGR...TFS
Super sharp and I love the open bill. You might wish to cut back a tad on the contrast. Could go a bit more back in the frame. If you could have gotten lower you would likely have softened up the look of the BKGR a bit.
Killer bird and bill here , excellent image
TFS
stunning capture of this impressive bird :) Love it
Very cool looking bird. Agree with the slight crop off the right. Love the opened bill too.
Love it as is bro! Super sharp and tons of details with a nice comp. You must have felt stoked mate! Great stuff!
WOW! Such a cool looking bird great shot.
Your shot leaves no doubt as to why the stork is called the "saddle-billed." Thanks for telling that interesting story through your fine image.
great portrait shot with nice colours and background
Beautiful image of a beautiful bird.
Thank you all so much for the great feedback and comments. Much appreciated.
