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Black Cockie
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Black Cockie

by Simon Bennett

Gallery: AvianPosted March 14, 2012135 views8 comments
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo photographed near Canberra Australia. This a male with a red eye-ring, with the female it is black.

Canon 7D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4x, handheld, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/4000, vertical crop from horizontal image, branch digitally removed at top left corner.

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 14, 2012 at 4:10 AM
Gorgeous bird, captured well.
Nice pose, eye, and head-turn, and really excellent exposure on the blacks.
Maybe a little more room on the top and less on the bottom ?
Well-done!
Sandy
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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 14, 2012 at 6:42 AM
Great detail, nice cooperative bird
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Beautiful, Simon. What a great bird, and well captured. :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 14, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Another striking Aussie bird. Nice job getting great detail in the dark feathers. I think I agree with Sandy's crop suggestion.

Max
Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments
Comment posted by wade pettitt on March 14, 2012 at 8:34 PM
Simon, well done. I love the diagonal perch and the comp is fantastic. You exposed for the blacks very well.
Registered on May 6, 2009, 184 Posts, 471 Comments
Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 15, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Excellent details for black coloured bird. It would be gorgeous with the coloured and blurred background.

TFS.
Registered on February 16, 2012, 118 Posts, 767 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 16, 2012 at 12:04 AM
These are fantastic birds and this is a lovely image of it Simon, it makes me want to go back to Oz. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 16, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Looks like he is all dressed up with no where to go. Wonderful composition, perch and pose, the larger image looks great, well done.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments