Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill

[Dumay de Boulle]

1D MKIII
100-400
AV f9
TV 1/800
ISO 400

Been absent from the Avian forum for a while... Crits always appreciated!

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Dumay,

Nice to see you here in the Avian forum! This is a very clean, and well executed portrait. Nice choice of aperture to get an ideal depth of field.

I would like to see a touch more contrast, for added punch.

Miguel

[Faraaz Abdool]

Excellent portrait, I love the curve of the bill and how it fits in the frame. Have you tried a b&w version of this?

[Arthur Morris]

Nice bird, sharp, nice BKGR, nice image design. Looks pretty darned good to me.

[Rachel Hollander]

Dumay - fantastic detail (love the lashes), color and pov. Creamy bokeh sets it off nicely. Very well done!

TFS,
Rachel

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent portrait, and I like the head tilting upwards a bit. There is a patch of feathers that look sharper than the rest (near the cheek)...not sure why.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bud, lovely portrait, and you cant go wrong with capturing oodles of detail on these guys - eyelashes and all. I feel you have comped this nicely, just enough space all round.

I havent had a chance to get one of these guys for a while - fun capturing images of them.

Hope the rain hasnt washed you away in your 'new home'.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hi Dumay, great to have you back here. Super portrait, love the composition and crop. Great detail as well, sharpness and a beautiful BG....nicely done Bud.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent close up shot!
Very nice background, nice soft light, excellent details, and terrific comp.
Very well done.

[Lyle Gruby]

Great shot, love that you can even see the cracks in his beak and the eyelash shadows on his eye.

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image Bud, great detail and feather definition, great colours and well exposed

[dankearl]

I like the eyelash shadow. Nice portrait, Dumay.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Fantastic portrait of a cool looking species, Dumay. Details, bg, pov, comp all look great to me. Would change anything.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait with superb sharpness and great IQ.Love the colors and shadows of eyelids on the eye.
Beautiful BG and nice composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice head shot, great light and details

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks folks!

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Excellent detail here Dumay great exposure and bg as well.