Hodson's Hawk-Cuckoo

[Mervin Quah]

Have been really busy these days and have not been shooting for a while.
However I did managed this in the begining of the year.

I really miss shooting !!!!!

Hodson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus fugax

Canon 40D + 500f4 + 1.4TC
F7.1, 1/25, ISO 400, EV +0.3, Flash - 2

[Ofer Levy]

Nice light, colours and pose of this interesting looking bird. A nicer perch could make this even better.

[Ilija Dukovski]

It is great to see birds from your part of the world, not too many shown here.
Great bird, pose, HA good, perch is OK with me, not sure about the twig in the beak.
I'd only crop a bit from the bottom and run NR in BG, quite a lot of color noise there.
The white parts of the perch are standing out too much, I would tone them down.
The eye is really interesting. Very nice.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Well done with the pose. If the perch is not set up I cannot see a problem with it. Congrats!

[john jackson]

Great pose that shows off the distinctive tail pattern.