Durian Redstart

[Bob Thompson]

6th Dec. 2009, Pui O, Hong Kong

Canon 7D, Canon 400mm f5.6 lens & Canon 1.4x TC

Bob

[Harshad Barve]

What a beautiful bird , nice details and BG , wish for better perch but I would love to have this as it is in my files
TFS

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The clipped tail stops it from being the pefect image . Othewise , one heck of an image !!!

[Bob Thompson]

Thank you Rakesh and Harshad for your kind comments.

Before posting this shot I also had doubts over the clipped tail but my other shot had a manmade perch and I couldn't work out which was best.

Bob

[kenn threed]

Geez Bob, ... if that's a man-made perch then I say let it be! :)

I like both of these captures very much ... the leg up on the first is very nice... the totally unobscured bird in the second also very appealing to me. Very good details and exposures in both images, and a bird I've never seen.

Nice shootin' I say, I like 'em both.

Kenn