Ground Hornbill that wasn't

[Digitalwild]

Maybe this should be cropped less but I just fancied filling the full frame, just to get the detail. Normally he'd be mooching around on the ground grunting but he decided to go and stand in a tree and I was lucky enough to be there. Nikon D850; 400mm prime; 1/8000; f5; ISO800

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[Gongster]

Digitalwild, don't know if it's just me but I can't see your photo.

 

[Kathy G]

I can't see the photo either

 

[Digitalwild]

Can you see him now?

 

[Kathy G]

Yes, and the photo is gorgeous!

 

[DRwyoming]

Nice shot!

 

[Woodyg3]

Great shot, but I do think it's cropped a bit too tight. You certainly have a great capture of an interesting and beautiful (in its own way) bird.

 

[Gongster]

I'm glad I waited, super shot!

 

[Callie]

Let me say, this is one of my top wish list images! I am green! They just never do this for us!
I would add sky above him, space before him and crop a bit nearer to his tail. You can do this by increasing the canvas size and then content aware crop. I wiil lighten up his throat too and more,contrast to the blacks. But I still wish this was my image!

 

[Digitalwild]

Glad you like him. Yes, I can easily do that but on this occasion I went for close crop on purpose. The image actually looks brighter with more contrast on my 4K monitor.