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Female Hornbill


Female Hornbill
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Copyright: Benyamin Lakitan (blakitan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1081 W: 71 N: 1358] (5451)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-11
Categories: Birds
Camera: sony A100, Sony 100 mm F2.8 Macro, 55mm UV Filter
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): #4 Exotic Birds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-14 0:39
Viewed: 1294
Points: 48
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Female Sumba Hornbill (Aceros everetti)
Hornbills (famili Bucerotidae) are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. The Bucerotidae family includes 57 species, 9 of them endemic to the southern part of Africa. Their distribution ranges from Africa south of the Sahara through tropical Asia. Most are arboreal birds of dense forest, including Sumba hornbill.
Some species have different plumages for each sex. The Sumba Hornbill, Aceros everetti is a medium-sized, up to 70cm long, blackish hornbill. The male has a large yellowish bill with red patch at base, serrated casque, dark reddish brown on crown and nape, and paler throat. The female has an entirely black plumage.
The Sumba Hornbill is distributed to semi-evergreen forests of Sumba, in East Nusatengga Province. The Sumba Hornbill is a monogamous species. Hornbills are omnivorous birds, eating fruit, insects and small animals.
Due to ongoing habitat lost, limited range, small population size and hunted in some areas, the Sumba Hornbill is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Alex99, jcoowanitwong, Hay_kes, horia, SkyF, moustique, dew77, ramthakur, captainsgirl, lovenature, Ken52, gerhardt has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3160 W: 148 N: 4787] (15449)
  • [2006-11-14 0:59]

Hi Ben.
What a great portrait-shot. Expressive and interesting POV, excellent colours and details, colourful impressive BG and surprising lighting. Superb done and TFS.
Alexei.

Hello Benyamin,
Excellent pov and sharpness. Natural colors with blurry background. Well done and TFS.
JC

Ottimo ritratto, Benjamin!
Interessante l'espressione dell'uccello, ottimi i particolari ed i colori, bravo!

Ciao e grazie.
Franco

Hello Ben,
nice shot with great light on the eye captured.
Andrea

Hi Ben,
Very beautiful portrait.Nice sharp, colours and light.Well done.TFS.

hAyAti

Hello Ben,
This guy has a strong personality!
Nicely composed image, good light giving fine colours and details...
Well framed from an effective point of view!
Greetings,
Pablo -

  • Great 
  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2135 W: 224 N: 3948] (13111)
  • [2006-11-14 5:24]

Hi Ben

What a great POV you managed here - it totelly gave the pictuer and its subject o whole new dimension! Great job!
Also the dark colors and vague light make out a great mood for the picture. The natural colors are great and the details nice and sharp.
Very well done!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

  • Great 
  • badar Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 109 W: 0 N: 168] (785)
  • [2006-11-14 8:06]

Hi Benyamin,
Great shot, the beak & the eye just crave to be seen. Beautifull

  • Great 
  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-11-14 8:36]

Hi Ben,
this is a great portrait of this bird. I like the POV a lot and you cropped it very well. I would like to see a little mor contrast to bring out the colors more, but all in all this is a fabulous composition.
TFS..Sky

Bonjour Benyamin,
quel oiseau étonnant! Et quels yeux !
C'est une très belle photo, très fine.
Très beau portrait.
Merci du partage
Moustique :o)

Good portrait, Benyamin.
Fine focus on the bill, eye and blue sack at the throat.
That white spot in the BG gave me the impression of a crown in the thumbnail view.
TFS and bye.

Great DOF, and a wonderful close up of this unusual bird!
HOw did you come across him? Is this from the wild or is he in a protected invoirment? Not a very atractive fella but its a great photo! TFS
Donna :o)

  • Great 
  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-11-14 14:07]

Hello Benyamin,
Wonderful portrait of hornbill.I liked especially POV a lot.BG,clear eyes,framing and composition are also excellent.
TFS...:-)

  • Great 
  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1026 W: 5 N: 2887] (10445)
  • [2006-11-14 20:56]

Hola Benjamin.- Otra muy buena foto de esta rara Ave. Su pico es muy grande y tiene agradables colores. Luis52.

Just a amazing looking bird Benyamin!
A wonderful capture of this vulnerable species. A interesting composition looking up at the Hornbill from below. It makes her look very large. I love the detail and especially her eye, it has so much character. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful species.
Janice

  • Good 
  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 663 W: 98 N: 1262] (4185)
  • [2006-11-15 1:38]

Very unusual and interesting bird. Great perspective.

bonjour
super macro de cette femelle oiseau, bonnes couleurs peut etre un peu sombre, mais bon malgré tout
merci
edith

sorry, I did WS and not put points.

hi mario

Ben.,
This is PERFECTION in every aspect.
Your notes are great.
Best regards,
Mario.

que de beaux oiseau vous trouvez,des oiseaux rares. Thomas

  • Great 
  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-11-19 20:03]

Hello Benyamin

A very nice portrait of a less than beautiful bird.A very well composed photo,with excellent DOF and POV.The subject stands out well against the lovely OOF BG.Well done.TFS

Rob

This is an impressive subject. The POV from below could be improved upon had the bird given you a better angle. Well done.

  • Great 
  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1159 W: 255 N: 2639] (11925)
  • [2006-11-27 7:19]

Hi Benyamin,

A very nice shot with good colors and details,a pity you probably could not approach it with a nothe POV,well done and TFS

Paul

Hej Ben!
WOW! Niesamowity dziób! Caly portret jest bardzo dobry. Ostry, dobre kolory i mi³y kadr.
Gratuluje i pozdrawiam - Roma

Cool hornbill shot. Amazing how close you got to it.

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