The Emu by Saurav

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 29, 2005

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Description

The Emu is Australia's tallest native bird, reaching 1.6-1.9m when standing tall. It weighs approx 30-45kg. This one was captured at Northern Territory, Australia. EOS 300D, 70 - 200mm Canon L IS USM + 2x teleconvertor @400mm, f5.6, 1/200sec, ISO 400, handheld. Thanks for viewing, comments welcome.

Comments (37)

logiloglu

6:06AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

wow, its a fantastic portrait shot. superb use of DOF, that background looks wonderful,too. most excellent done,my friend. vote #:O)

soulofharmony

6:09AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

superb portrait of this ususal bird..love the fluffy little feathers on the neck.. excellent portrait and dof.. mighty fine capture...:)...)

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Zacko

6:10AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Wow, this is one gorgeous piece of ART!!!!! WOOOOOW!!!! Look at it!!! Woohooo, so cool!!!! We have an ostrich farm not far from my house and they sure arent as pretty as this one. Great job!!! Have a superb weekend #:O)

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Enmos

6:21AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Superb shooting here, love that dof as well !! Awesome work !! I always think they animals look so funny, something about their expression i guess hehe :o)

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MaydaMason

6:31AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

superbly captured! klasse shot!

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SNAKEY

6:32AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

This is wow!!! I really love the image and the background DOF.:O))

Nasht

6:39AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

beautiful and creative as always... how did you get that blurred (moving) background??? V

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oscilis

7:26AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Brilliant shot with such interesting textures. The background is superb. What a strange looking bird.

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TwoPynts

8:05AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Not the most gorgeous creatures, but you captured it well here, and it's personality. Moving grass adds a dynamic to the image!

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sharky_

9:45AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

This bird looks very agressive, lol. Excellent capture. Aloha

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pm_hackworth

10:04AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

He's got a lot of character! :-) Excellent as always! ;0)

kennyliu

10:52AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

He looks so cool! Excellent capture!

Tedz

11:26AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

I have encountered such as this....near Broome, in the Outback....dangerous....a fine Shot :]

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Prinzessin

11:28AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

An excellent capture!! Really awesome!!!! vote

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Margana

11:40AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

I like how the grass mimics his feathers. Excellent work here!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

1:29PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Chapeau ! Extraordinary photography !

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Onslow

2:22PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Wonderful capture superb dof colour and detail and what a fabulous pose he struck for you :)

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DELMUR

2:39PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

technically perfect!! not only!V!

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1pearl

3:21PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Excellent photo !!

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chantal-france

3:30PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

this animal is so specific to your country :)) I would not say it's a beautiful one, but a very nice and pleasant to view one :)) and you captured it so perfectly :))))

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Lledeline

4:28PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

Great capture.

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choronr

9:53PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

You've clicked at the right moment ...beautiful picture. The bird being partially silhouetted against the bright background is superb! Excellent photography!

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