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Hornbill

Hornbill

An adult Hornbill with a berry.
I saw a juvenile bird too but I think it was teaching the little one to earn and enjoy it's it own berry.
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An adult Hornbill with a berry.
I saw a juvenile bird too but I think it was teaching the little one to earn and enjoy it's it own berry.

**From wiki -- India has nine hornbill species.

Clicked at Pashan Garden, Pune, India
RAW: DSC_2075
Winter Season, 2018
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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 250 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 420/1

location

location

Pune, Maharashtra, IN

upload_date

upload_date

Nov, 2018

Views

343

Likes

+100

Awards

Winner in Birds kissing trees Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+58

Top Choice

+8

Absolute Masterpiece

+3

Superb Composition

+1

Magnificent Capture

All Star

Virtuoso

Outstanding Creativity

Emotions

Impressed

Categories

Fantastic

Kind comments as always, Thanks Phil. :)

beautiful photo

Thank you Jean Luc :)

Gorgeous shot!

:) Thanks Alfredo. When ever I visit your pics, I am so jealous. Your work is truly inspiring.

**Your beautiful gallery.

Congratulations on your Grand win in Birds kissing trees photo challenge!

That's awesome. :) Thanks GigiJim, you always create a wonderful challenge. My best regards.

Ultimate

Beautiful image and capture. Congratulations on your award!

Thank you, Jayne. :)

PRO

Hi Aarti, Congratulations on your win with this beautiful bird image. 😊

Thank you so much... Joop. :)

Nice beak

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