Black Drongo

Gallery: AvianPosted April 3, 2015103 views8 comments

One of the new species I added to my list in India. It was nice to get a little sunlight, which helped bring out the iridescence in what otherwise looks like a plain black bird. This was once considered a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed drongo (which looks nearly identical), but is now considered a distinct species.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 500mm f/4 IS + 1.4x
ISO 400
1/1250th
f/8

Max

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 3, 2015 at 12:50 PM

Bird is a standout against that lovely background - would like to see a larger version

Registered on February 3, 2007, 387 Posts, 1136 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on April 3, 2015 at 1:27 PM

Nice pose, perch, and background. Nice job in bringing out the iridescence. Agree a larger version would have been nice.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 3, 2015 at 6:56 PM

Nice capture of the iridescence, Max.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on April 4, 2015 at 4:21 AM

Nice one, Max! Hard to get better separation or contrast from the background than this, and great black-on-black detail. Love the pose and view from behind as well.

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 4, 2015 at 4:43 AM

Beautiful species and well exposed ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 4, 2015 at 5:08 AM

Nice, clean and simple Max, like the head angle and the fact you can actually see the 'forked' tail. Would like to have seen this bigger.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 4, 2015 at 9:06 PM

I like the iridescence showing in this one Max. I wish you would have posted a larger version though.