Cuckoo.

[Ivan Ellison]

Another visit to the cuckoo today- don't know if it is the same bird as regular watchers say that cuckoos have been seen here for last 7/8 years and always show well.
Perch provided as the natural ones are quite twiggy and messy.
Cropped , slight tweak to exposure and sharpening on the birds head and body, not the oof tail
Canon 1DmkIV, Canon 500 f4 is+1.4 conv
1/660 sec. f5.6, iso 1000

[John Robinson]

A grand shot Ivan. Great pose and backdrop too. Presume tape used as you say perch provided. ?
Greast stuff
JohnR

[Ivan Ellison]

John, no tape/call used the bird or birds come in freely to feed on caterpillars they pick from the ground, They seem to get them from a small blue flower that grows amongst the grass. They can stay for an hour or so and then move on for anything upto 3-4 hours. It is a long waiting game but when they return they are not shy of people and come fairly close.

[John Robinson]

Hi Ivan
That's amazing !- getting them to an introduced perch is even more so. Have loads of people been doing them then? I seem to recall seeing something somewhere recently about this. I must admit - I have perchers but only from hides set up on something else !!
Cheers
John

[Loi Nguyen]

Ivan, a lovely image of a lovely bird in good light. The perch is brilliant and the BG is very nice. Well done. Loi

[keith mitchell]

Great piece of work Ivan, very good pose and I do like that Bg,bet your pleased with this.

Cheers Keith.

[Gabriela Plesea]

A striking image and I love the way the subject pops against that lovely green BG. Super pose, super perch, I kind of like the slightly OOF tail - makes the rest of the bird more prominent and suggests movement, stunning capture Ivan!!!

Kind regards,

[William Dickson]

Well done Ivan. Lovely image

[Pamela de Zilva]

Obviously worth the wait Ivan. Great pose and lighting. Would have liked to have seen a bit more DOF.

[Steve Spenceley]

Very nice shot Ivan.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Wonderful image Ivan, I like the pose, the perch and the clean & green BG. Nice & sharp as well. Good angle too. TFS.

[adrian dancy]

Good one Ivan. Tail is fine...IQ looks good. I should taken more pictures instead of wait for the bird fly up to a pre-focused perch...and also those damned sheep:(

[Binu John]

What a beautiful shot! Love the pose, light, BG and perch! Well done!

[Kaido Rummel]

Very good shot! Everything - pose, colors, details, BG is in place. I was also "hunting" cuckoos this weekend but was not that lucky.