Wet

[BenBotha]

Canon 7D
Canon 500 F4 L
F 4.5
1/320
ISO 800

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours and textures in this Coucal image, Ben. BG is great but showing a lot of noise/compression artifact(?exacerbated by sharpening for web). A run of NR and masking the sharpening to the bird may help.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose with this guy showing off his beautifully coloured wing. I also like the dark subdued lighting...putting in evidence a gloomy rainy day. I find the tail tip too close to the bottom edge, worth adding back canvas if you have it.

P.S. What is the name of this spcies?

[Pieter de Waal]

Nice image Ben, I like the subdued light, wing position typical for this species and detailed feather pattern on the wing. Exposure and sharpness is great. Agree with Daniel re composition.

[Scott Frye]

I like the natural colors

[Bill Dix]

Nice pose, and simply gorgeous colors. Worth adding some canvas to the bottom and running NR on the background to put this one over the top.

[Ken Watkins]

A good week for Coucals in the open, and this is the best yet.

Fabulous and true colours


I think it is a Burchell's.

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the comments, and suggestions, all appreciated. Burchells Coucal. It was early morning after a rainstorm, I saw about 5-this one was the best-the others-ISO 1200 and not as sharp.

Ben

[Stu Bowie]

Good looking Coucal Ben, and I like the partially open wing. I agree, a tad tight at the bottom, and some NR on the BG will work.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks Ben for identifying the species:)

[Dan Brown]

Very pleasing overall capture. I agree with the comments made (nr, more room at bottom). Very "earthy" tones! Nice!