Denham's Bustard

Gallery: AvianPosted January 9, 201880 views5 comments

This was probably our best sighting of this bird in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
EOS 1D Mk II
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 ex at 560 mm
F 6.3
ISO 800
1/3200

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 9, 2018 at 9:21 AM

Wonderful light and a great capture.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 9, 2018 at 4:56 PM

I always love the plumage patterns on Bustards, Ken and you did an excellent job of capturing this one. I also like the composition and alert pose.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 11, 2018 at 10:41 AM

The larger version is beautiful, beautiful details and wonderful colors.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 13, 2018 at 3:58 AM

A sweet capture of this beauty in its environment Ken!

Very pleasing composition!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 24, 2018 at 8:13 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments, we do get these locally but very rarely.

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