Eurasian Hoopoe

Gallery: AvianPosted March 31, 2010110 views8 comments

I was so lucky to meet this fascinating little bird on my holiday in Tenerife (Canary Islands) in early March. An incredibly beautiful bird, which I thought I just want to share with you. In Denmark it is unfortunately a very rare spring visitor.

Canon EOS 50D
Focal Length: 400.0mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
Aperture: 6.3
ISO Equivalent: 100
Date: 11-03-10 11:41
City: Playa De Las Americas
State/Province: Tenerife
Country: Spanien

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on March 31, 2010 at 3:12 PM

Very sharp details and nice pose. May be a little tight on top. I might tone down some of the FG.

Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Gilham on March 31, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Very nice capture Claus. This is a beautiful bird and you have done well to capture it with a not so distracting BG. I agree about more room at top, and tone down the FG a bit, especially the LRS.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 77 Posts, 489 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on March 31, 2010 at 8:29 PM

It is an incredibly beautiful bird. Nice pose, color and detail. Agree with Denise on the nits.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Erik Van de Water on March 31, 2010 at 9:17 PM

Great detail and interesting foreground and background. I wish there were a fraction more room around the crest of the bird because it would draw my eye to it more.

Registered on February 27, 2010, 6 Posts, 72 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 31, 2010 at 11:50 PM

Lovely detail and head turn Claus - I'd be tempted to give it a little more room if you have any, particularly at the top.

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM

Really nice detail here Claus, I agree with more room on top and toning down the perch in the right hand corner.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 4, 2010 at 11:06 PM

Wow, what a cool looking bird, I would consider some of the adjustments already mentioned, however very nice job in getting this, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Claus Johansson on April 5, 2010 at 1:53 PM

Hello all

Thanks for the nice feedback. I agree with the proposed adjustments, but unfortunately it is not possible. The image is shown in full frame

Claus

Registered on March 28, 2010, 18 Posts, 48 Comments