African Hoopoe

[Alexander Koenders]

In the beautiful country of South Africa i was able to take a photograph of this bird while sitting on the ground in the shade of a tree at the end of the day. This bird looks simalair as the one we have in Europ, bud the colors are more intens.

Olympus E3, Zuiko ED300 f2.8, Zuiko 2.0 converter.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details and eye contact. I wish for a slightly higher angle and some head turn toward you. I might clone out the blades of grass sticking out of the bird's back.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Outstanding light and sharpness, terrific bird and great shot overall, I love it, maybe I woul've cropped a very little bit from the bottom, but it is just amazing as it is! Congratulaitons!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Agree with the above comments. Very striking image with excellent color detail and sharpness. I saw these birds while in Kenya but never had the opportunity to get a wonderful image as this one. Thanks for sharing.

[Raymond Barlow]

very nice shot of such a cool looking bird., I like the idea of a slightly higher angle.

[Robert O'Toole]

Light quality, sharpness and the details are fantastic Alexander. Just a little more camera elevation would create more separation between the OOF grass and the lower portion of the bird.

Robert

[Tony Whitehead]

Excellent shot, Alexander. Lovely light. I agree about reducing the OOF foreground and wonder about rotating CW to level the horizon.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Just need a tighter crop or higher angle , as mentioned. Otherwise a beautiful capture.

[Doug Brown]

Agree with above comments regarding the crop. Nice photo of a great bird!

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely, I like as presented, don't mind the head angles since it is parallel to the sensor plane and it shows exactly the shape of the head. Very nice :)

[Maxis Gamez]

Gorgeous bird and light. I would remove the "dust" spot to the right of the frame, but that's about it for me!

[Linda Robbins]

Beautiful light and sharp details, Hoopoe's are such amazing-looking birds,. Very nice image.

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Alexander,

Lovely shot of a bird i have been wanting to photograph for a long time!
Looks like you trip was a great succes!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Juan Aragonés]

Very nice image Alexander. Really looks like a darker version of our hopooe. I agree about the angle but man this is a great image for sure.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Terrific. First I thought that this image needs a clock wise rotation. But on second thoughts I think, I like it the way it is. This shot is sharp, nice background with details. I don't mind the few blades of grass. Thanks for sharing.

[Alexander Koenders]

Terrific. First I thought that this image needs a clock wise rotation. But on second thoughts I think, I like it the way it is. This shot is sharp, nice background with details. I don't mind the few blades of grass. Thanks for sharing.

The bird sits at a sloop so rotate the picture is how it was over there;) Thanx you alle fore the loveley comments.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hello Alex, superb image! details, sharpness and pose are excellent. I just agree about the OOF grass.