Grey Lourie Portrait

[Stu Bowie]

These guys have a nick name as "go away birds" as when they call, it sounds just like one is saying "go away " This is a fairly old image of 2008. The BG is natural.

Canon 20D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/500
F/13
ISO 400

Exp Comp 0
Hand Held

[Fabs Forns]

I think it's beautiful, Stu, you left the perfect amount of canvas on top and bird is a ham :)
Lots of detail in the feathers,good head angle and neat BG.
Congrats!

[Mital Patel]

fantastic hair do stuart. can see the horizon in the eye. just beautiful

[John Chardine]

Lovely Stuart- understated, simple, subtle. I'm a huge fan of portraits like this where you really get to see the detail in the small parts of the bird.

Another name is turaco is it not?

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a lot guys and Fabs.

John, you are correct. The more colourful species of the lourie's are called Turaco's. If you google the species, you will find many different Turaco's. My image is the plain grey Lourie, and is known as such.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, I liked the composition a lot. Nice looking bird. The details in the feathers have been captured beautifully. The BG goes very well with the bird. Just the right amount of brightness to create the contrast. A tad crop from above might help...but am not very sure.

[Martin Wallis]

Great HA, BG and detail as mentioned. well done

[arash_hazeghi]

what a cool portrait, nice and sharp, fancy hair!!!

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely shot. The eye is spot on, very nice detail through out and the composition complements the bird very well. Dave

[Aiden Blake]

Awesome shot. Looks like the kind of hair do you'd find on the streets of Japan!

Personally I would have cropped it a bit tighter from the top-right corner inward, but that's my style.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Stuart,
Nice simple portrait with some good detail and nice colors.

[Christian Dionne]

Great shot Stuart, I have 1 question though... why f/13? I don't know this bird, but it looks to me that it is not that big and was wondering if a slightly wider aperture would have made any difference.... other than lowering the ISO or speeding up the shutter obviously!

I like the BG and the composition works well with this portrait.
Nicely done!

[Vida van der Walt]

Great portrait Stu. Love the fine feather detail, soft light and the bg colour suits the bird very well.:)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Lovely portrait Stu! Tack sharp with great detail, eye contact & BG. Well done!:)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Lovely portarait Stu! Tack sharp with great detail, eye, BG & composition.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. Much appreciated.

[Callie de Wet]

Nice mugshot of Mr Pê! At Mankwe with that lovely BG? Excellent plumage details.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack Callie. Taken at the Pilanesberg centre.