Yellow-billed hornbill

Gallery: AvianPosted March 9, 2015287 views7 comments

Apologies for the absence, currently enjoying three weeks of R&R in BC Canada and our condo in Whistler, great skiing, albeit this year with limited snow. This reflects the unseasonal warm weather we have here, posting remotely.

Thanks for either viewing or commenting on the previous image.

Steve

Subject: Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), in tree, looking to the left
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 500f/4, plus 1.4 ext HH
Exposure: 1/1000's at f/7.1 ISO800
Original format: Portrait, very slight crop from top, FF width

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on March 9, 2015 at 11:10 PM

Nice shot of a very interesting looking bird. My only thought would be a slight crop off the bottom and maybe a tad on the top.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 9, 2015 at 11:26 PM

Really interesting bird, and captured beautifully, with a good pose, nice perch and perfect background. I like the comp as-is, but it would also make a beautiful 4x5 by taking a little off the bottom. (Nice to have more excellent framing choices.)

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on March 10, 2015 at 4:11 AM

Been on your travels again Steve, this bird fits well into the habitat, nice diffused b/g, good stuff.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 10, 2015 at 5:00 AM

Wonderful species, and I look both the perch as the pose. Head turns always work well for me ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on March 10, 2015 at 12:05 PM

Very nice pose, perch and bg. I like the comp as is. Well done, Steve!

Registered on January 14, 2009, 316 Posts, 2724 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 11, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Very nice Steve, great bird, background and perch. Well done!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 12, 2015 at 2:26 PM

I like the head turn you managed to capture here Steve. I do think this might even work better as a 4x5 vertical instead of a 2x3. My only other suggestion is maybe clone out the small leaves coming into the frame on the lower right. I might do two versions, this one for places which don't allow closing and the other as an piece for sale. Both of these are really small suggestions...the image does still work very well as is. Nice work!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments