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Green-billed Malkoha


Green-billed Malkoha
Photo Information
Copyright: Foozi Saad (foozi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2791 W: 0 N: 6696] (25839)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2012-01-24
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D90, Sigma DG 150-500mm 1:5-6.3 APO HSM
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2013-02-05 2:10
Viewed: 2209
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This bird was really my biggest surprised ever. Being my first time seeing and shooting it, it was really an exciting experience and an opportunity that seldom return. I took almost a year ago, and never see this bird again.
I was doing a bit of gardening at my small plot of orchard, I saw at the corner of my eyes a big bird flew past. I could not locate its perching place. Actually it was perching about 20m from me face to face. But the camera was about 10m away. I walked slowly to get the camera and I really prayed very hard so that the bird wont fly off. Upon returning , it was still there. I managed a few shots before it flew off.
Thanks got it satisfactorily, and here my friends the special bird for you.

The Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found in peninsular India. The birds are waxy bluish black with a long graduated tail with white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is prominent and curved. These birds are found in dry scrub and thin forests.

This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

From Wikipedia and http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=1249
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beautiful bird with long tail. i love its colors and emotion. good work. tfs.

Hello Foozi,
Beautiful species.Nice POV and colour.Nice blurry BG.I think this bird was far from the reach of your zoom.You tried your best.

Thanks a lot for sharing such beautiful picture of the bird.
Kind regards,
Srikumar

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  • KOMSIS Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 820 W: 0 N: 2419] (10674)
  • [2013-02-05 3:24]

Salam Foozi,
Nice photo of this bird ..
Beautiful light, good details, well exposed and composed.
Best salam & wishes,
Seyfi

Hi Foozi,
nice to see new birds! not too sharp but quite a good pic.
Thanks for showing
Pierre

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  • IronM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 144 W: 3 N: 345] (2608)
  • [2013-02-05 4:10]

Hi Foozi,
lovely photo of this beautiful bird, excellent details, natural colors, well composed !
Best regards !

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  • nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1618 W: 106 N: 3208] (15166)
  • [2013-02-05 5:56]

Hi,
Good effort to get this decent image of lovely bird, hope you will get better one next time...the tail is interesting one here and so is the eye. tfs.
nagraj.v

Hello Foozi,
Nice collection and beautiful capture with its details,lovely composition with an exciting BG.
TFS and regards,
Joy

Hello Foozi

When i read «... I walked slowly to get the camera
and I really prayed very hard so that the bird
wont fly off ...» I can see myself, and with me
the camera in my hands would go to shaking
because of the excitement i would have...

Excellent photo of this very long tailed bird,
fine frontal POV giving the beautiful eye-contact, TFS

Asbed

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5137 W: 166 N: 13121] (49139)
  • [2013-02-05 7:18]

Hello Foozi,
Excellent photo of this malkoha in beautiful light and colours. Great sharp focus on the head. Exciting to make such a photo of this bird in the wild. Beautiful background.
Regards,
Peter

Very nice shot of this beautiful bird...
Regards
Subrato

Hi Foozi,
interesting photo of the bird. Nice point of view. Excellent composition and presentation.
Thanks for sharing,
Maciek

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6595 W: 89 N: 15659] (65489)
  • [2013-02-05 9:11]

Hi Foozi,a magnificent specie whit this long tail and a magnificent capture whit this spectacular background,great quality despite the light and the distance,i like it!Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

hello Foozi
great picture of this beauty with good details and lovely naturel colours
thanks greeting lou

Ciao Fozi, great capture of lovely bird in nice pose on beautiful lighting BG, fine details, splendid sharpness and wonderful natural colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Hi Foozi,

The branch is helping to frame the bird. The point of view is showing thje details and colors of the Green-billed Malkoha, The good luminosity is giving nice tints to the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Salam Foozi.
It is never easy to get this bird out in the open, always sneaking out under the foliage. You have captured the moment well with nice perch and pleasing details.
Well done and have a very good Friday.
Jusni

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