Generally feeding off flies and other insects on or around the Buffalos, these birds can be quite flighty, so it was nice to have a couple that were a bit more cooperative, however being in a herd of 200+ (if memory serves mer correctly) is not ideal. These Buffalo can be grumpy buggers at the best of times, but the plagues of flies that live with them are something else, although not quite in 'Biblical' proportion as in Alaska!! Love the natural perch of the Buffs hide and that almost wiry, coarse hair.
The HA might not be perfect, but I think at this angle it emphasises the area around the eye and highlights the 3D element.
Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.
Steve
Subject: Red-Billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) feeding on the back of Buffalo
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 500f/4 with 1x4HH
Exposure: 1/640s at f/5.6 ISO400 (If I shot it now I certainly would have had the SS around 1600-2000)
Original format: Portrait, very slight crop from the top
Processed: LRCC & PS CC2015







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