Kori Bustard

[BenBotha]

Kori Bustard-Central Kalahari game reserve Botswana
Canon 7D
Canon 500 F4 IS
F 6.3
ISO320
1/1000

[Richard Unsworth]

This great. ace BG and the details are excellent. Love the color, maybe try a smidge off the left side

[gail bisson]

Hi Ben,
This is a terrific shot. I love the position of the neck and the clear view of the bustard in the grass. In my experience they are always partially blocked by grasses and are hard birds to get a clear view of.
I like the comp and the color palette.
I wonder if the back and wing feathers are a tad over sharpened? Easy fix.
A lovely image,
Gail

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful image and color. I will suggest running a bit of noise reduction to the background.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great colors and light. I would remove just a little from the top if this were mine

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the comments, all appreciated. Re the tail feathers, it is not so much a sharpening problem, rather moire caused by the feathers.

Ben

[gail bisson]

Hi Ben,
Yes, I see that now that you have explained it. Thanks!
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, setting and colours. I agree with noise reduction on the BG. Nice image Ben.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Gorgeous bird, excellent pose and colors overall. I'd add a sliver more to the bottom and crop that much from the top.
I too felt the bird looked a tad oversharpened - thanks for explaining that.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat pose and beautiful dry grass environment. I agree with NR to the BG, and I'd have pointed the lens a tad more to the right (or cropped to that effect).

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot great pose, I agree the background looks a tad noisy. How much was the original cropped?
I remember reading somewhere that using intermediate ISO settings is not the greatest idea because more noise is generated , i.e ISO 400 correctly exposed should offer better noise levels than ISO 320.

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have changed the following
Noise reduction 50%
Slightly different crop
USM
Rest as before

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image of huge bird. Wonderful color palette. Very nice pose with nice HA,beautiful crest and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Great pose and setting you have here.