Knob Billed Duck

Gallery: AvianPosted June 1, 201485 views7 comments

I have not done very well with Bird images on my recent trips, but hope this is OK.The bird was really too far away and has needed a very large crop about 20% of RAW file.
This was taken in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

EOS 1SX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 560 mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/400

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 1, 2014 at 9:17 AM

Great image, ugly duck. The colors and background are very nice. It held up well for such a large crop. Does this need some CC rotation? Looks like this guys is defying gravity.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on June 1, 2014 at 9:51 AM

Did well with the crop size on this. Who would want a nose like that !!
Interesting shot.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 1, 2014 at 10:49 AM

Great specimen photo. Don't you hate when they turn their backs on us?

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 1, 2014 at 4:54 PM

Wow, that is one ugly duck. Great photo, though. Amazingly good for that very heavy crop.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 1, 2014 at 7:47 PM

Held up really well for the crop Ken. Certainly ugly, but interesting none the less. I'd love to have this in my files.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 1, 2014 at 11:06 PM

Detail looks quite good even with the large crop, Ken. Interesting species. You did a nice job capturing the subtle iridescence in the plumage.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 2, 2014 at 2:44 AM

Thanks everybody, the "knob" is supposedly attractive to the females

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