NOVEMBER 2011 – A southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) sits on a dead tree at the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
A southern yellow-billed hornbills (Tockus leucomelas) sat on a dead tree while we were – still tired from the night – slowly driving along one of the roads in the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa, one of the less known parks in the country.
I was prepared and reached to the back seat of our 4×4 to grab the camera with the 100-400 mm tele zoom lens. The colors of the bird were contrasting really well with the brownish background that was further blurred by the wide aperture of f/5.6. A great shot.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 29-NOV-2011, 06:53 |
| Location | Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1D Mark III |
| Lens | Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM |
| ISO | 500 |
| Exposure | 1/640 sec at f/5.6 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3888 x 2592 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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