White Crested Turaco

Gallery: AvianPosted May 5, 201377 views6 comments

I have tried for many years to get an image of a Turaco, but not many of them live in southern Africa.
This one was spotted on the banks of the Victoria Nile.
We were on a boat making our way up river to visit Murchison Falls, Uganda

EOS 1DX
500mm F4 MkII
F6.3
ISO 800
1/800

Hand-held from drifting boat

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 5, 2013 at 7:35 AM

Excellent, sharp shot of this bird Ken. Good hand holding technique on the heavy 500mm.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 5, 2013 at 12:42 PM

Strange looking bird,...he looks very scared! Nice and sharp with nice colors. Good job with the hand hold and boat! Sharon

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 5, 2013 at 8:24 PM

Gorgeous, Ken. Wonderful pose and I like the slanted composition. Excellent job bringing out all the colors.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 6, 2013 at 2:05 AM

Claude, Sharon and Dennis,

Thanks very much for your kind comments

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 6, 2013 at 4:12 PM

Another unusual bird that I have never heard of. The larger image looks great, nice job of getting this image from a boat, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 7, 2013 at 2:05 AM

Jim,

Thanks very much

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