Saddle-billed Stork

[Jim G]

Hi all.

Here is a Saddle-billed Stork captured in Tanzania, Africa. Very unusual looking. Very large.

D300 w/50-500 f/4.5-6.3 Sigma @ 500mm
f/6.3, 1/800sec, iso200

JIM

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[Callie]

Nice lady, Jim!

 

[Jim G]

Nice lady, Jim!

Thanks so much Callie. They are so weird looking.

JIM

 

[Callie]

Thanks so much Callie. They are so weird looking.

JIM

Jim
These are actually storks; f has light eye, m has dark eye plus yellow wattles

 

[Jim G]

Jim
These are actually storks; f has light eye, m has dark eye plus yellow wattles

Thanks for straightening me out! I actually knew they were Storks but my fingers insisted on typing Crane . I did not know how to differentiate the sexes.

JIM

 

[Icarus]

Lovely. Like the way the light strikes the eye.

 

[Jim G]

Lovely. Like the way the light strikes the eye.

Thanks Icarus, she did turn her head just right.

JIM

 

[Yezdi]

Superb shot Jim...

 

[Jim G]

Superb shot Jim...

Hi Yezdi.

Thanks for the kind words.

JIM

 

[Irap]

Wow, what a neat bird

 

[Oosty]

Lovelyb image Jim - also shows that the 50-500 is no slouch in the right hands!

 

[Jim G]

Wow, what a neat bird

Hi Irap, certainly different

JIM

 

[Jim G]

Lovelyb image Jim - also shows that the 50-500 is no slouch in the right hands!

Thanks Oosty.

I have always been quite pleased with the lens. The look of the background bokeh is my biggest complaint so I more often use my Nikon 200-500.

JIM