Startled Kori Bustard

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 19th June 2009

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand-held

F6.3, ISO 250, 1/1000

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely expressive bird, another flying bird adding so much
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautiful one, I know the difficulty in making these shots of these birds, I think the frame needs some rotation correction.. congrats...

[Rob Drummond]

Great to see someone in Hwange Ken. Is it still operating as an effective park or has it gone the way of the rest of the country? I have have many fond memories from the 90s when we lived there for two years.
Has the bird got a bit of a lean or does the image need to be rotated slightly ccw.

cheers
Rob

[Mital Patel]

very nice image. some ccw rotation require. dont mind the crossing someone as its hornbill otherwise ?? .. some contrast addition can boost the image..

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for pointing out the need for rotation, I know it was a very windy day, but the Kori was probably not leaning into it that much.

[Stu Bowie]

Great to get him in the open Ken, as they are normally strolling in tall grass.