Crested Guinea Fowl

Gallery: AvianPosted October 7, 201470 views4 comments

Do not ask about the settings for this as I have no idea! I can only say it was early in the morning

This one is a first for me, I now have three of the six, the other three live in areas like the Congo, so not likely to see those!

Taken at a rarity for Mana Pools a remote waterhole.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 ex at 526 mm
F13
ISO 800
1/320

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 7, 2014 at 9:24 PM

Congrats on one more branch of this species Ken. Really like the red eyes with this one.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Tjie Poo on October 7, 2014 at 10:19 PM

Great details and nice lighting on the birds Ken ! If it was me, I'd clone out the debris, especially on the ulc. That way, they would look like somewhere in the natural habitat rather than in somebody's backyard.

Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 8, 2014 at 2:55 AM

Thanks for the comments, messy background is courtesy of nature

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 10, 2014 at 3:53 PM

Interesting species, Ken. You got some nice light to work with. I would like to see some room in the bottom, if you have that option. Also I think if you can darken the background a bit to make the guinea fowls pop up.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments