Poor Perch?

Gallery: AvianPosted March 30, 201599 views5 comments

An Eastern Grey Plantain Eater poses somewhat unfortunately, but certainly better than its usual perch hidden in branches.

Taken in the most beautiful national park in Africa, Kidepo Valley, Uganda.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
F7.1
ISO 800
1/1250

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 30, 2015 at 1:51 PM

The perch itself isn't bad, Ken, though if you could have gotten enough lower to eliminate the second ridge it might have worked a bit better. Nice pose and a good angle for the light.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 30, 2015 at 6:53 PM

Neat bird Ken with nice details and lighting. Thanks for sharing this is a new one for me which doesn't happen very often. Good pose too. How big a bird is it?

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 30, 2015 at 8:28 PM

Cool bird, and I don't see anything unfortunate about the pose. Nice details, and even the strong light worked well in this case.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 31, 2015 at 5:08 AM

Thanks everybody, seems I got confused my problem was not the pose but the perch (a wall)

Nate ,
My book says it is 50 cm, and is a member of the Turaco family, but nowhere near as beautiful as the others

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 31, 2015 at 10:33 AM

The birds pose is fine with me, and I don't really mind the perch. The brown color palette works for me Ken. No nits.

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