Bokmakerie

Gallery: AvianPosted March 19, 2013260 views18 comments

The Bokakerie is a member of the shrike family, endemic to Southern Africa. I photographed this one in West Coast National Park last year, in the Postberg wildflower section, it's cropped to vertical.

7D 500F4 1/800 F5.6, iso 500

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18 comments

Comment posted by Greg Oakley on March 20, 2013 at 1:40 AM

Lovely calling pose, Nate - b/g is super as well!
Cheers, Greg

Registered on June 12, 2012, 115 Posts, 266 Comments

Comment posted by Lennart Augustsson on March 20, 2013 at 5:05 AM

Beautiful!
Pose and background very nice.

Registered on July 29, 2011, 21 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 20, 2013 at 7:47 AM

Really a neat bird Nate. Love the habitat and BG. Nice calling pose.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Zimic on March 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM

Love the singing pose and background. Kudos.

Registered on November 23, 2003, 176 Posts, 727 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 20, 2013 at 11:14 AM

Wonderful singing pose, perch and background. Nice job of getting this shot of a bird I have never heard of, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 20, 2013 at 11:44 AM

Love everything about this Nate, what a beautiful bird!
I especially like the bird looking up with parted beak, in its singing pose

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 20, 2013 at 4:17 PM

Pose, background, crisp presentation - all first rate. Cool bird too.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on March 20, 2013 at 4:34 PM

hello Nate

Nicely done, those yellow Tones are Extremely difficult to get detail in with correct amount of contrast. .

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by John Sherman on March 20, 2013 at 4:53 PM

Nice pose, nice bird. I think a bit cropped off the top wouldn't hurt for a print, though as is leaves room for the magazine title!

Registered on March 10, 2013, 31 Posts, 142 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 20, 2013 at 8:17 PM

Beautiful, Nate. Lovely pose and I like the bg.

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

Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 20, 2013 at 9:14 PM

Nice image, Nate. Great pose and I Love the soft background, which matches the bird perfectly.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 21, 2013 at 3:40 AM

Super cool bird, great pose and the thorny habitat seems to tell this birds story well.

Sweet One Nate

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 21, 2013 at 6:49 AM

Great pose and detail Nate. Super bird too.

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 21, 2013 at 2:43 PM

Here it's making it's distinct call I assume - I heard it many time in SA. However , I never got one photographed like this .. Very nice shot Nate !

, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Danny on March 22, 2013 at 3:45 AM

Yes another that loves that pose and call mode. Excellent details and colours Nate with a really clean decent background. Nicely taken and worked.

All the best Nate.

Danny.

Registered on November 25, 2003, 165 Posts, 1345 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on March 22, 2013 at 4:33 AM

Beautifully taken Nate. A lovely bird we always hear biut don't always get to see.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on March 23, 2013 at 8:22 AM

Excellent pose and I really like the colors and muted background.

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 24, 2013 at 12:33 PM

What a beautiful shot! Love the complimentary bg, singing pose, and prickly perch. If I were going to print this, I'd likely take some off the top, but nice to have the room there if you need it! Super pic! Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments