The Jabiru or Black Necked Stork (never has a name been so misleading but to be fair when backlit or distant they do look like they have black necks).
Local croc farm - the birds are semi tame as the farm does feed them fish but you will see in my pic it's caught a little lizard so I'm saying this one wild !!
Amazing dexterity to catch something so small, I'm surprised it can even see the end of it's beak !
Note the translucent shield over the eye ?
1.
2. Gulp !
3. Get me one of those and make it snappy !
4. Launch mode
5. Busted ! Bush Stone Curlew taking a break, "sitting" on his "backward" knees. The Jabiru does this as well and it doesn't half look wierd !
Andy, your processing and color is always a treat to see, these are no exception! Black/blue neck is just wild, two excellent shots of it. I won't ask if you baited the croc Curlew on a break is great, what an expression on this one Andy. The whistling duck would be my favorite here, exquisite detail on the duck and I like what you did to the BG on this shot...........very nice sir!
Lil Judd wrote:
Andy - I'm with Garen here - though # 5 gets an honorary mentioning from me.
Lil
Thanks Lil. The Stone Curlews are soooo skittish I swear they would run away from their own shadow. To get so close to one, esp. while he was resting was pretty cool.
Karl Witt wrote:
Andy, your processing and color is always a treat to see, these are no exception! Black/blue neck is just wild, two excellent shots of it. I won't ask if you baited the croc Curlew on a break is great, what an expression on this one Andy. The whistling duck would be my favorite here, exquisite detail on the duck and I like what you did to the BG on this shot...........very nice sir!
Thanks Karl, you're most kind. They're a very cute/pretty duck aren't they ?
These are great Andy. I love the black necked stork and the Plumed Whistling Duck. It's good to see few locals on here . I love that Bush Stone Curlew shot as well. Keep them coming!
thedigitalbean wrote:
I really like your composition in #1
Thanks mate ! easier to do the portrait thing as it was very bright sunshine and the white of the body with the dark of the neck was proving a nightmare (i.e. impossible) exposure wise !
Migara wrote:
These are great Andy. I love the black necked stork and the Plumed Whistling Duck. It's good to see few locals on here . I love that Bush Stone Curlew shot as well. Keep them coming!
Curlew on a break is great, what an expression on this one Andy. The whistling duck would be my favorite here, exquisite detail on the duck and I like what you did to the BG on this shot...........very nice sir!