Juvenile Ground Hornbill

Gallery: AvianPosted October 18, 201452 views6 comments

Not as colourful as it will be, but nice to get one of these taking off.
Taken in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 ex at 549mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/1000

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 18, 2014 at 3:01 PM

Very cool image Ken. Not sure I have ever seen a hornbill taking off image before. I like the action.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on October 18, 2014 at 10:57 PM

Terrific flight shot Ken ! I love the wings spread of this one. Nicely done !

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 19, 2014 at 5:51 AM

Excellent image of an interesting species ! Like it ! Hans

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 20, 2014 at 2:38 AM

Thanks everybody

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 20, 2014 at 2:13 PM

Excellent flight shot, Ken. The hornbill is very sharp and shows up very well against the green. Exposure looks great as well.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 21, 2014 at 3:44 AM

Great capture Ken - that's pretty graphic underwing detail

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