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Flight of the Great Hornbill
Flight of the Great Hornbill
andrewt


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Jurong Bird Park Singapore
Date: Apr 23, 2009
Aperture: F8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/500s
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2009

 No April Fool's joke, this is a real hornbill in flight with a papaya slice

I love this capture !!! Does NOT matter if this does not do well. A once in a lifetime capture as far as I am concerned. I have been attending the show a couple of times now (as they have trained exotic birds flying) but this is the first time I have seen the bird do this. This was captured while this hornbill was performing in a bird show. The trainer threw the papaya slice up in the air and this bird gracefully caught it Managed two shots and this was the one that was sharp.

Hope you all like this !! , Seeing the real bird in action is a must, the shot does not do justice at all. Amazing.

Andrew....23rd April 2009

Statistics
Place: 96 out of 435
Avg (all users): 6.0294
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 6.1429
Avg (non-participants): 5.6452
Views since voting: 1098
Views during voting: 255
Votes: 136
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 05/08/2009 07:23:32 AM
Fabulous shot! It's an awkward bird, but the image is not, and you got robbed on this one.
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 05/08/2009 12:05:50 AM
Wow. Andrew you got robbed! This shot is incredible.

If anything I think it likely got hurt in voting because it was too perfect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2009 10:53:39 PM
cool bird
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 05/07/2009 08:18:18 PM
is he/she carrying a carrot stick? what an extraordinary bird, well captured
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 05/06/2009 07:38:47 PM
Great capture! Very impressive in flight.
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 05/03/2009 11:17:10 PM
Wow, what a wild looking bird. Nice capture. Great DOF.
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 05/03/2009 05:25:40 PM
Wow what an amazing bird and you caught it in flight!
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 05/02/2009 10:05:02 PM
Wow! Great capture.
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 05/01/2009 10:26:19 PM
A solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it has significant impact being richly colored with excellant detail. This image would have worked as a black and white as well. A perfect demonstration of the power of properly controlled light and focus. A top ten image and a very strong contender for a ribbon. Well done.
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 05/01/2009 02:38:42 PM
Truly amazing looking bird !!
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 05/01/2009 07:13:38 AM
Great capture, clear clarity from the tip of his wings to the tip of his other wing tip.
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