Somali Ostrich

Gallery: AvianPosted July 18, 201544 views4 comments

This version of the Ostrich is slightly different to the "normal" and is only found in North East Africa as its name suggests. It is not a Masai Ostrich as there is no such thing.

Taken in Lewa Conservancy, Kenya just at sunrise.

EOS 1DX

200-400 mm F4 at 280mm

F 7.1 (?)

ISO 800

1/160

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 18, 2015 at 6:06 PM

Nice shot, Ken.
I like we can see a piece of Africa in the background.

Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 18, 2015 at 6:47 PM

Bloomers and a Bustle-just a bit out of fashion, but he's a beauty. This is one of htose images you have to look at in the larger version and spend some time to appreciate all the detail, particularly in the dark body. Well done, Ken.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 18, 2015 at 10:31 PM

I like the clean BG Ken...I don't see many Ostrich images, but the ones I have seen the BG were not this clean...make him stand out much more. I do think the dark feathers have good detail , but hard to see...if it were mine, I would dodge that area a bit more to show those details better. Still nice work!

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

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 19, 2015 at 3:56 AM

Thanks everybody, devil

I do not take many Ostrich images as they are "awkward" to capture. I took exception for the light in this one.

Kurt,

I tried lighteningthe blacks a little but it looked a little "artificial"

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments