Face to Face

[Brendon Cremer]

A Yellow billed hornbill shot at eye level by lying on my stomach whilst on a recent safari to the sabi sand game reserve, the hornbill was feeding off termites on the ground after a recent rain fall.

• Camera NIKON D3
• Focal Length 400mm
• Shutter Speed 1/400 sec
• Aperture f/7.1
• ISO/Film 640
• Flash exposure -1.3

[supreet.sahoo]

A great front angle that makes the image very interesting indeed. I like the exposure on the bird and the low angle compliments the settings. I would have probably chosen to go for a rather tighter vertical to enhance the impact of the pose which would have removed some of the blown out foreground . Nice shot :-)

[Loi Nguyen]

Very nice shot. The focus on the eye is spot on and I like the color of both the bird and the background. Agreed with Supreet that a vertical crop might enhance the image.

Loi

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the low angle, earthy tones and the flash work. What a cool looking bird.
In an ideal world, both eyes would be equally visible. I'd remove the second catchlight from the flash.
Very nice image as is.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the angle and the setting here, the head on look adds well... cheers

[Vivaldo Damilano]

So cool Brendon, also like the head on look and low angle, nicely done.

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot!!
Excellent low angle, love the head on pose, nice details, very nice background.
Nice light too.
Well done.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Brendon - nice head on pose and low pov with very good detail. I might have gone for just a tad more dof.

TFS,
Rachel

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great pose and colors.

[Brendon Cremer]

Thanks very much everyone much appreciated

[Uri First]

great image. loved the angle the sharpness and the look. well done!

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful image with open beak and nice eyes.I like the colors ,lights and details.
Wish you could had mentioned the exif data and name of the bird too.

Regards,
Satish.