Crimson Breasted Shrike

Gallery: AvianPosted October 17, 2011193 views12 comments

This is a bird that I have tried for years to get something reasonable, with relatively little luck.

This one posed in the open albeit in shade with a not to good BG outside our tent at Kalahari Tented Camp, Kgalagadi Trandsfrontier Park South Africa

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held

F5.6, ISO 800, 1/200, EV +0.33

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 17, 2011 at 6:09 PM

Striking colors on this bird. Good detail and comp. Nice image.

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Comment posted by Verdon on October 17, 2011 at 6:13 PM

what a beautiful bird, great shot!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on October 17, 2011 at 7:17 PM

Wonderful bird well captured.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 17, 2011 at 9:58 PM

I think you did a really good job with this.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 18, 2011 at 12:50 AM

Thanks everybody, I waited a long time for this, and am very pleased with it.

In accordance with Murphy's we got another open sighting later in the year in Hwange, but we were in transit so getting my large lens in position in a crowded jeep was not easy, I'll try to post it soon

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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 18, 2011 at 11:29 AM

Nice shot of a very colorful bird. Great sharpness for a hand held long lens! Glad you finally got your photo of it. TFS.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 18, 2011 at 2:02 PM

What a striking colorful shrike (say that 3 times), I have never heard of this bird before, nice job in finally getting your shot, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 18, 2011 at 5:26 PM

Great bird Ken!!! Great job holding all the feather details together.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM

John, Jim and Ken,

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM

Wow, what a cool looking bird! Very striking, the red, black and white. The framing is just a little tight for my tastes, but really nice detail in the black feathers. The crimson breast doesn't show the same level of detail though. Congrats on this wonderful capture.