Black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

[Juan Aragonés]

A portrait of a male of this beautiful species

Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR + 1,4XTC ISO 400 f4,5 1/125 handheld VR on full frame

[Stephen Stephen]

Lovely image Juan. May I ask why this is in the Hand of Man forum?

[Juan Aragonés]

ooops, Stephen I forget to said that this is a captive bird:o

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird and capture. The eye looks a bit soft on my monitor.

[Lana Hays]

Juan
A very nice portrait with good head turn and simple BG. I think it needs another round of USM.....especially to make that eye sharp. Well done.

[Anita Rakestraw]

A pretty species! I might crop most of the oof bird from the bottom....