Ant Eating Chat

[Ken Watkins]

Hopefully something a little different a plain ordinary looking bird.

Taken in Etosha National Park, Namibia, 28th June 2011.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand held through open window of our vehicle

F6.3, ISO 320 (oops), 1/2500

[Willem Verboom]

Ken I like this one very much because the clean background let the birds pop very good . Sharpness en head angel are great also.

[Mital Patel]

Ken
Beautiful Bird and razor sharp image with nice HA and Expo.
I would try to clean up beak if the ethics permit to do so.

[Gary Esman]

Sweet, a little more room at the bottom otherwise beautiful. Congrats.

Gary.

[Arno Ellmer]

Well taken ,Ken. A difficult bird to photograph due to the dark,even plumage.You have managed to extract good detail.I also like the posture and HA

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everybody, much appreciated.

Whilst the beak is very dirty he had just been poking it into the ground.

[Tom Rambaut]

love the messy beak in this one, nice pose as well. May have a bit more room on the bottom - if the perch permitd it.

[DanieBenade]

Awesome shot, very well exposed and pin sharp, killer BG.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp and a great job with the dark tones and the head angle. A simpler perch would have been a nice blessing.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everbody for your kind comments, much appreciated.

Unfortunately the perch is a nuisance but it is not often that you find a clean one in Etosha, I suppose I could have done some cloning, but I prefer to minimise this.