Dorian Anderson
Well-known member
As this is the bird everyone wants to see in South Africa, I'll give the people what they want as I start a long string of posts from South Africa and Namibia.
I saw hundreds of these bird across my 6-week trip -- most on telephone wires and posts along the road -- but this image represents the lone photographic crack it afforded (close enough, eye level, clean BG, etc).
As per the rules in Kruger NP, where you're not allowed to leave your vehicle unless you're in a fenced camp, this was shot out the driver's side window of our rental car. Kruger is amazing, but I did experience some
amount of photo frustration because I wasn't allowed to stalk anything (lest a lion or leopard stalk me).
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/1250 at f/5.6, ISO 1600
Processed in LR CC and Topaz DN. Cloned two tiny twigs which branched off perch directly below the tail.
I saw hundreds of these bird across my 6-week trip -- most on telephone wires and posts along the road -- but this image represents the lone photographic crack it afforded (close enough, eye level, clean BG, etc).
As per the rules in Kruger NP, where you're not allowed to leave your vehicle unless you're in a fenced camp, this was shot out the driver's side window of our rental car. Kruger is amazing, but I did experience some
amount of photo frustration because I wasn't allowed to stalk anything (lest a lion or leopard stalk me).
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/1250 at f/5.6, ISO 1600
Processed in LR CC and Topaz DN. Cloned two tiny twigs which branched off perch directly below the tail.

- Canon EOS R5
- EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
- ƒ/5.6
- 840mm
- 1/1250s
- ISO 1600
- dorian anderson
- Thu, 21 July 2022 3:45 AM
- dorian anderson
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.4 (Macintosh)