Stork

Posted by Richard_Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 19 March 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

This stork like bird followed me about one day. I don't think it liked the camera, or maybe it thought I would give it food. Anyway, I took a couple of close-ups of it, but it was rather quick footed. Only a couple of images were sharp, as I had to pan the camera to keep up.

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Comments (20)

Streetlights from TN, United States

Two thumbs up. The shot is nearly flawless. What lens and aperture are you using?

19 Mar 2007 12:25am

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

Fabulous capture here Richard! Just what is that on his beak? Ice? A snow flake? Something he forgot to shave off?

19 Mar 2007 4:41am

KM Faisal from Kerala,Kalpakanchery, India

Wow its so green…nice

19 Mar 2007 5:24am

Sujit Sudhi from Hyderabad, India

Beautiful. Love the DoF

19 Mar 2007 5:43am

Daroru from Osaka, Japan

Yes; very nice DoF. Great catch!

19 Mar 2007 10:57am

objectif-plume from Belgium

ce détail est superbe

19 Mar 2007 11:32am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Great macro!

19 Mar 2007 12:05pm

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

So cute, lovely capture.

19 Mar 2007 12:52pm

Evie from Fairfax, VA, United States

Nice. Great detail.

19 Mar 2007 1:28pm

Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada

Love the detail - a very crisp image. What is that on the top of it's beak?

19 Mar 2007 2:30pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Thankyou to everyone commenting. The thing on the beak is a old feather I believe. Although there was a bit of light snow falling when I took the image, the shape is not that of a snowflake - that would have been just too perfect...

19 Mar 2007 4:18pm

Jenny from Manchester, United Kingdom

Like the green overall tone in the background!

19 Mar 2007 4:46pm

kaveh from TEHRAN, Iran

wow! great image! details and colors, Well done!

19 Mar 2007 5:48pm

Nikos from Salonica, Greece

Extremely sharp if it is a panning!And the green background helps a lot for the picture to stand out!

19 Mar 2007 5:55pm

Brittney from Cairns, Australia

Oh great conrast! Sharp...good colors..I like the curve of the bird's neck as well. Beautifully done.

19 Mar 2007 7:23pm

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Fantastic shot pal, i understand what you mean... I went thru chasing the birds and animals in the zoo last weekend. Very difficult to get such steady shot as they are in motion. Great work pal.

19 Mar 2007 10:47pm