Northern White Bellied Bustard

[Ken Watkins]

First time I have seen this one in real life the colours are far my beautiful than seen in this image.

Taken in Kidepo National Park, Northern Uganda, 17th June 2012

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand-held

F5.6, ISO 400, 1/2500, EV +0.33 (?)

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous image of beautiful Bustard.Very nice habitat.BG colors are complimenting to bird.
Love the pose,lights,beautiful colors and great details on bird.I like the composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and a bird we don't see often. I'd be tempted to run some NR on the BG to smoothen the bokeh a bit

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ken, good looking Bustard - very different in colours to our Kori Bustard. The pose shows off the colours of his neck nicely, and you were fortunate that he kept still for a shot, as these guys seem to be very skittish.

[Alan Murphy]

I like the pose and eye contact. Light looks a bit harsh.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice alert pose captured. I like the HA and eye contact as well as the colours.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ken, thanks for sharing a new species. love bustards. Nice head turn and pose. Pity about the leaves in the FG...but I'd take that any day for a rare bird :-)

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everybody for your kind comments they are much appreciated.

I really hope to see these again in better light with less grass, I am planning a return to Kidepo early next year, there are some amazing birds there, and the park is a scenic paradise.