White Bellied Bustard

Gallery: AvianPosted August 12, 201650 views6 comments

This was taken in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
There had been a lot of rain this ear resulting in extremely long grass mercifully this one posed in a relatively short area.
EOS IDX MkII
200-400 mm F4 at 294 mm
F 5.6
ISO 1600
1/1250

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 12, 2016 at 11:35 AM

HI Ken
The Bustard looks like he is trying to check out you. Nice head turn and focus.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 12, 2016 at 2:11 PM

Nice light and I like the alert posture and eye contact, Ken. I think i'd be tempted to clone the large seedhead to the right of the bird and maybe blur the oof bg a bit more.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on August 12, 2016 at 10:07 PM

This image really demonstrates how this bird's colors can blend into the environment, Ken. A great pose and very nice detail in the bird.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on August 13, 2016 at 11:54 AM

Very neat bird Ken. The feather patterns in the LP are well detailed, and I like your choice of composition. I would be tempted, as Dennis mentioned, to consider cloning the oof leaf cluster. devil

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 14, 2016 at 6:08 AM

Thanks everybody, I must confess to have considered removing the seed head, but in end decided not to, I will give it another go.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 18, 2016 at 7:29 PM

Yes, it sure is tough to find things relatively out in the open!
sweet image with fine detail, and nice habitat.
I find the dried flower head, so close to the head, quite distracting. If this were mine, I'd think about cloning it out.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments