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Giant Hornbill

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted November 3, 2014104 views10 comments
This really was rather large,even so this is a large crop.
Taken in Corbett National Park, India.
EOS 1D MkIV
500 mm F4
F 5.6
1/4000

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 3, 2014 at 8:04 AM
Very nice. You are putting up some fine images lately. Keep up the good work.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on November 3, 2014 at 11:59 AM
Great looking bird - and I love that perch!"!
Great stuff.
JohnR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 3, 2014 at 3:41 PM
These are amazing birds, despite the crop this looks good, nice diagonals and lighting. A tough bird to get close to in my experience. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Thompson on November 3, 2014 at 4:10 PM
Ken, you get some of the coolest birds! I wonder if brightening this up a bit might improve it. The blacks look blocked up to me with little detail in them. You may be able to recover them with some adjustments to shadows & highlights. Definitely worth playing around with IMO. Perch & pose are sweet. Nice shot! :smile:
Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 3, 2014 at 6:10 PM
Excellent light and detail, Ken and that's a neat perch. I like the angle that shows the little gap in the beak.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Tjie Poo on November 3, 2014 at 11:16 PM
Magnificent bird, superb pose and fascinating diagonal perch. One of my favorites of your postings ! :toast:
Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 4, 2014 at 12:46 AM
Wonderful capture, Ken, and impeccable techs. And a very cool bird. We just went to a presentation by friends who were in Corbett earlier this year. Appears to be an amazing place.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 4, 2014 at 6:11 AM
Spectacular Ken
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 4, 2014 at 10:22 AM
Thanks everybody for your comments, they are much appreciated :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 5, 2014 at 6:46 PM
Looks great to me too. Sweet portrait of this handsome bird Ken.

A very pleasing composition. :cool:
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments