Ostrich

Gallery: AvianPosted May 30, 201347 views10 comments

I find Ostrich to be difficult to capture as the body is so much larger than the head. I was lucky last year when in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa a group of extremely hot birds came quite close to my car (the exif says 6 metres).
The red colouring in the feathers is from the extremely read earth in this park,

EO 1D MkIII
70-200mm F2.8 MkII @185
F5.6
ISO 400.
1/400
Through opeb car window

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 30, 2013 at 7:39 AM

Nice shot Ken. Lovely expression and great detail.
I have to say I am so used to seeing Ostriches - our valley is full or ostrich farms - I rarely try to photograph them and sometimes forget they are birds too. Certainly a bit larger than a hummingbird.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Cool portrait of this ostrich, Ken! Excellent detail. I love the expression!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 30, 2013 at 8:54 PM

Fine portrait. the detail is great and the bird stands out from the background nicely.

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on May 30, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Nice portrait Ken, I love the expression on the Ostrich, excellent details in the neck, head and bill. I do wish for a little more light in the eye, but overall a very fine shot.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 30, 2013 at 11:39 PM

Excellent portrait, Ken. I might be tempted to go with a bit more vertical comp.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 31, 2013 at 2:07 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments and suggestions

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 31, 2013 at 8:04 AM

Nice study Ken - love the detail in those fine feathers

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 31, 2013 at 11:30 AM

Now this one made me smile. Great capture.
May

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Comment posted by John Sherman on May 31, 2013 at 5:35 PM

Nice detail. I agree that lightening the eye would help.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 1, 2013 at 2:20 AM

May,

I am glad this made you smile, as it has that effect on me

Thanks also to Rob and John

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