Kookaburra in the Park

[Isac]

We have a park close by next to the Aldi shopping complex and it always has a good variety of birds flitting about the many trees. This kookaburra visited today and it was not worried about Charlie and I standing close by.

#1

#2

#3

#4 - with a galah keeping watch on a nearby branch.

[wigz]

Excellent colour and detail in these, particularly #1 and #2 Isac, and #2 is right in your face.

Well done in #4 for capturing a Kookaburra and a Galah in the same shot.

#3 doesn't appeal to me as much as it is facing away and partly obscured and there is a bit too much tree trunk. Nice background though.

[Isac]

Thanks for that Alan. These were quick edits and I removed a lot of twigs that were near the bird in 1 & 2. I posted #3 because of the bird trying to hide after it spotted something on the ground which I thought was a "Peek-a-Boo" moment and also the diagonal position of the tree. Sometimes things don't work

[K1W1]

Did you replace the sky or put a mask or something on in photos 1 and 2? Something looks not quite natural in those shots to me. There is quite a bit of bad chromatic aberration on the left of #2 beside the wing.
I like the pose in #1. To me it is the strongest of the set.

[Isac]

I did a few repairs to #2.