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Blue-Winged Kookaburra


Blue-Winged Kookaburra
Photo Information
Copyright: Toni Alvarez (Toni) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 403 W: 2 N: 316] (2034)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-06
Categories: Birds
Camera: KonicaMinolta Dynax7D, minolta 80-200 G APO
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-11-07 6:49
Viewed: 1932
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA
Has a large, cream-white head that is streaked brown. It has a brown back and its
wings are mostly blue. The rump and tail are also blue on the male, but the female
has a reddish-brown barred tail.
Differences from Laughing Kookaburra are: blue rump, cream-white head and light
eye colour.
In Australia the Blue-winged Kookaburra is distributed widely in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands.
It feeds mainly on insects and reptiles, or frogs when they are abundant.
Lives in eucalypt forests and paperbark swamps.
Live on a wide variety of prey including snakes, lizards, large insects, small
mammals and the odd small bird.

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A beautiful image, what amazing colours (my favourite shade of blue). A perfect pose, showing us that wonderful tail.
I personally find the red in the wood and the grass at the head of the bird quite distracting, so have done a ws. I hope you don't mind.
Thanks for posting.

Excellent details and sharpness, great composition and great colours. Excellent work! Well done, Toni.

Hi Toni,
The details are very good at the head but the DOF is a little to shallow for the rest of the bird.
Nice colours, well composed and good DOF.
Very well done.

Hi Toni,
this is a wonderful bird, what a big head compared to the small body. The colours are phantastic, also the POV. Very good job, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2187 W: 124 N: 2597] (8398)
  • [2005-11-07 12:11]

lovely shot Toni,
I realy have a wakeness for the BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA. A fantastic bird, Have you captured it in wild. Well whatever you did a very good job. Good composition, good in pov, very good job,
gr. jaap

Nice shot Toni!
These birds always looks interesting and so it is this time. Photo is very good technically and nicely framed. I just have felling the POV could've been better.
I like the photo very much.
WELL DONE & TFS

Wow! This bird is wearing a designer skirt and its giving you that model pose. fantastic bird, fantastic shot. very sharp and clear, that wooden platform makes just the perfect contrast.TFS!

Hi Toni,
Sorry for rushed visit, very busy night.
A well deserved big green smile, thanks for posting.
Have a good week.

Well composed with excellent color, light and detail Toni. I agree with Gert that a bit more DOF would be better here. Very well done.
Thank You.

Hi Toni,
A great looking shot on this Kookaburra. The composition and framing look perfect. The colors and detail are excellent here. Great shot on an interesting looking bird.
Scott

Beautiful color and detail, nice exposure too.

Greg

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1674 W: 5 N: 2130] (11890)
  • [2005-11-07 20:49]

Encore une belle prise de cet oiseau.

Félicitations !

Fantastic image,lovely colour,comp and detail,i like the presentation...
Well done...
Cesie

What a curious creature. Sharp details and color standing out from a cooperative background. Would've been a perfect 10 without that bit of wood sticking above the head. Nice work!

Hi Toni

Brilliant shot. You have composed this extremely well. Nice colours and use of light. Sharpness and detail are spot on. Well done. Thanks.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3186] (10922)
  • [2005-11-08 4:31]

Wow ! Wonderful and interesting shot that you have well done ! Congratulations Toni and thanks for sharing.

" the Life is so rare in the universe and the Nature so precious, we must take care of them! " Christian...

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2005-11-08 22:19]

Personal assessment of the photo: excellent.
Capacity of evocation in me: strong.
Very strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much again Toni.

salut Toni
je decouvre ta superbe gallerie sur TN.
de tres belles choses !
celle-ci par exemple est remarquablement belle.
j'ai essayé de venir un moment sur Tn mais je n'ai pas vraiment le temps. TE me prenant dejà pas mal la tête !!!
en tout cas bravo
amicalement
alain

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