Sleepy Barbet

Gallery: AvianPosted August 25, 2014106 views5 comments

During one of our morning drives in Africa I spied this Crested Barbet, which I affectionately call the world's "prettiest ugly bird" (lots of colors, but it's really not all that elegant

). It was still waking up, trying to stay warm on a cool morning.

Canon 1DX
Canon 500mm + 1.4x TC
ISO 800
1/800th
f/7.1

Max

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM

I like how this view emphasizes the patterns in the bark while showing off the bird nicely.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 25, 2014 at 1:39 PM

Great framing from the tree on this one, Max, and lovely light.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 26, 2014 at 3:33 PM

A very nice comp Max, the tree kind of takes the show from the bird, but it's a cool tree anyway.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on August 26, 2014 at 4:16 PM

I like the bird, but I'm enjoying the bark texture too.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 26, 2014 at 7:37 PM

I like what you were going for Max and do like the tree textures and the framing, but for me the tree takes over the image and the bird isn't really the subject anymore. I personally think if you cropped off the top 1/2 it would make this much stronger for the bird. As long as that is what you intended to make as the subject.

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