Ugly Duclking

Gallery: AvianPosted August 15, 201655 views4 comments

Believe it or not this is a Juvenile, Saddle Billed Stork, hard to think it would grow up to such a beauty.
Taken on tha banks of the Ruaha River, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
EOS 1DX MkII
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 Ex at 560 mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/3200

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 15, 2016 at 11:17 AM

Superb detail in the stork, Ken. I love the iridescence in the plumage. It's probably just the pose, but it feels like this could use a little counter-clockwise rotation, though there's perilously little room on the left to play with.

devil

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 15, 2016 at 4:50 PM

Hi Ken
I kind of like him. Really nice work with the darker plumage and great detail.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 18, 2016 at 7:22 PM

Never saw any juvies, so appreciate this image!
Nice detail and pose, and nice to see both the back feathers and a head-turn to show the face.
Agree that it is not quite straight - the legs are "off" vertical.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 20, 2016 at 3:53 AM

Thanks everybody devil

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