Saddle Billed Stork

Gallery: AvianPosted December 11, 2014150 views12 comments

Crossing the dried up river bed of the Mwagusi, in Ruaha National Park Tanzania.
EOS 1DX
500mm F4 MkII
F7.1
ISO 800
1/2500
EV +0.33

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 11, 2014 at 6:37 AM

Amazing creature of nature ! Nice pose and well done since the sun was already high in the sky judging from the shadow..

, Hans

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on December 11, 2014 at 7:23 AM

Beautiful bird and beautiful capture. Love these guys.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 11, 2014 at 7:58 AM

Ken the bill does it for me, you have coped very well with those long legs and neck.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 11, 2014 at 11:46 AM

Wonderful, colorful bird well composed, Ken. You caught the eye contact and pose very nicely.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on December 11, 2014 at 12:38 PM

great looking saddle billed stork Ken.
Nice head turn.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on December 11, 2014 at 4:14 PM

Cool bird Ken! Colors & exposure look great. Nice profile, shows off the face & bill perfectly.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on December 11, 2014 at 5:40 PM

Hey Ken,
Very colorful and interesting species of Stork, well captured in the midday sun light.

Man !

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 11, 2014 at 9:53 PM

Excellent techs on this one Ken. I like the crossed legs and clean BG as well.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 12, 2014 at 12:55 AM

Thanks for the comments which are much appreciated, this is a wonderful bird

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 13, 2014 at 7:26 AM

A regal looking stork. Sweet photo of this beauty Ken. Great pose and excellent details.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 16, 2014 at 9:42 PM

Cracking shot of this species Ken, perfectly composed which with a bird this size and shape isn't easy to do. Great lighting as well.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on December 20, 2014 at 6:16 PM

Ken,
Great shot. Congratulations on the WP. Love the colors.

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