Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)

[Martin Dunn]

We found this colourful chap picking through a pile of elephant dung on the road in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.

Nikon D300s
Nikkor 300mm f4 telephoto lens + 1.4TC
1/1250s
f8
ISO500

Hand held from game vehicle

Not a lot of post processing done on this image.
Cropped about 15% from the bottom and 10% from right hand side to remove extra bits of elephant poo that would have been distracting.

Thanks for looking

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking bird captured nicely. As the surrounding doesn't add to the overall look here, I would crop it tighter, if it were mine.

[Marina Scarr]

Very interesting looking bird!!! Good angle. I would crop from the right and top.

[Satish Ranadive]

Very nice image of beautiful bird with nice colors,pose,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.