Flock Bronzewing

[Simon Bennett]

Male Flock Bronzewing photographed at a waterhole in far NW New South Wales. These birds inhabit arid grasslands of inland Australia, and come and go depending on erratic rainfall.

Canon 7D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4x, tripod, kwik camo, ISO400, f/8, 1/1250, slight crop for composition, an oof stem covering primaries digitally toned down.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Brilliant angle and sharpness . Did you use flash for this . The eye shows two catchlight .

[Simon Bennett]

Thank you for your comments Rakesh - flash not used.

[Ofer Levy]

Great shot Simon!!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely low angle and colors...maybe a touch off the bottom. Nice image

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely pose and great shooting angle.

My guess would be lower catch light would be reflection off water and I would remove if mine.

I really like this very well done habitat shot. Good for you.

[Tom Rambaut]

Wow this is close for this species. I saw these up in Sturt N.P. last year and we could not get within 200 yards of them without them flushing.

They would flush, circle around, land, drink ( they were at a dam), flush...

[Simon Bennett]

'They would flush, circle around, land, drink ( they were at a dam), flush... ' Yep that's them Tom - I spend three mornings under qwik camo before one finally landed within camera range.