Yellow-billed Cuckoo Headshot

[Alan Murphy]

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Upper Texas Coast

D2X, 600, ISO 250, f8 @ 1/650, -0.3 EV

I don't believe I have seen a head shot of a Cuckoo before. This guy landed at my water drip while I was setup for small Warblers, so I could only get the head and shoulders in the frame. Lucky for me this species likes to stay still for a while, so I was able to take a number of shots of each part of the bird and perch, and then merge them together in Photoshop, giving me a full body image at amost 6.5K pixels long.

[Mike Wilson]

You rock. Love the colored bill.

[Bonnie Block]

It is a beauty , Alan--not nits from me! Lovely exposure and detail.

[Fabs Forns]

You are confusing me, where's the perch?????

Just kidding, wonderful portrait of a bird I've never seen. Every little feather is accounted for!

[Blake Shadle]

Incredible detail, Alan. Very clean background and nice composition. Extremely cool to be able to get an image of your entire subject by stiching multiple images together!

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Alan,

This is one gorgeous head shot from the man that doesn't do head shots, (I mean images not shots). ;)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Sweet image,I Iike the pose,colors and the bg!

[Glenn Bartley]

Excellent portrait.....I bet you cant wait to get back to the drip setup ;)

[Stu Bowie]

Amazing feather detail, and pin sharp. Well captured.

[Jim Poor]

Super nice. I'd love to see the biggun'

[Gary Dumer]

The Rain Crow, Great shot Alan, Great to see one in the open!!!