Crimson Breasted Shrile

Gallery: AvianPosted January 13, 2014169 views9 comments

It is not very often you see one of these in the "open", unfortunately with an OOF branch in just the wrong place, but never mind

EOS 1D MkIV
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 560mm
F5.6
1/800

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 13, 2014 at 2:21 PM

Nice one, Ken. Is that supposed to be Shrike? Looks like you kept the reds just under saturation where they belong. Excellent job.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 13, 2014 at 3:02 PM

Cool bird, nice and sharp shot ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on January 13, 2014 at 4:11 PM

Ken the large image really shows what a beautiful bird this is, great capture..

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on January 13, 2014 at 9:45 PM

what part of the world did you find him ??? never seen one !

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 13, 2014 at 10:26 PM

Very cool looking bird. I've never seen one. The reds don't have detail as they seem beyond the saturation capabilities of the sensor. Don't know if you could pull them back or not.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 14, 2014 at 12:50 AM

Sorry everybody it is indeed a Shrike, my typing is awful

Also sorry for not giving details of the location, it was outside our acommodation in Mokala National Park, South Africa.
Thanks for your comments, with regard to the reds the detail is not to bad in the RAW, I should have looked more closely after converting to JPEG

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on January 14, 2014 at 10:27 AM

I saw several of these in madikwe earlier this year. Unfortnately none of them posed for me as nicely as this. A very beautiful bird.
The blacks and whites are super but for me the red is a bit over saturated - at least I assume that is the reason i cannot pick out very much detail.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on January 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM

Nice shot with pose and sharpness. This is also very good reference image for 200-400 lens at 560mm.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 18, 2014 at 11:04 AM

Cool subject. Perch is a bit overpowering, but like you said...good to get it it the open. Sharon

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