I visited my local Nature Reserve a few weekends ago and came away with this Portrait of a male Ostrich. He was right next to my car, and I remember I had to shoot this through the car out the passenger window. Taken early morning.
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8
1/2000
F/8.0
ISO 400
Beautiful image quality. I like a nice portrait that really shows off the details of the birds that we rarely see in the field. This looks great. I especially like the shadows of the eye lashes in the eye.
What a great looking portrait Stu! Nice DOF and details in this one. Not to often we see a close up of one of these huge birds. Although I have handled lots of big birds in my lifetime from Pelicans to Eagles, these guys always make me nervous when I am near them. They are Big and Powerful.
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