Reviews from

Keel-billed Toucan

Toucan at the MN Zoo

14 total reviews 
Comment from Wolfdancer13


What a beautiful shot! Great selective focus, lovely rich color palette and wonderful light as well as tight framing to really bring to life the character of this beauty.

 Comment Written 22-Oct-2017


reply by the author on 27-Oct-2017
    Thank you very much for your lovely comments! I appreciate it :)
Comment from Sange


Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Atta girl G~Lu! The challenges shooting through glass, fences, screens..not easy at the zoos.
You have a fine profile pose, superb eye Clarity with nice light reflection, sharp focus and soft DOF. White balance is controlled well on all colors.
Great work behind your lens of a bird most of us will never get to see in person.
Nice work ;)

 Comment Written 13-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 17-Jul-2017
    Thank you Sange :)
Comment from USWA6346


Great shot! Sharp focus on your subject with the blurred background. You capture great details in the feathers, but Most interesting is the coloration and texture of the beak.

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 06-Jul-2017
    Thank you very much!
Comment from nikman


Quite an exotic bird portrait presented here! Your image has a good, central composition, it's well exposed and sharp. Nicely done!

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 05-Jul-2017
    Thank you very much :)
Comment from eileen0204


Grace, I just LOVE this one!!

Perfectly held clarity with a wonderful background.

Your colors are just stunning with great clarity in all his plumage.

wonderful job here.

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 05-Jul-2017
    Thanks Eileen! The six star is very nice too :)
Comment from ChuckWaxman


Nice capture. Were you in Belize to take the shot? Colors are just great. Looks like he is giving you the eye! Nice composition,m framing focus and dof. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 05-Jul-2017
    Thank you very much! No, I haven't been to Belize, actually haven't been outside of the USA although I think it would be fun to visit far away places with my cameras :)
Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan


This is a wonderful close-up shot of of the bird. You have framed it well. Light and sharpness are very effective in in creating a lovely capture. Good effort!

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 05-Jul-2017
    Thank you very much!
Comment from Zilyram


Wow what an amazing looking bird and you have given us a superb view of the markings and coloring of the beak. The yellow breast is vivid and the focus and dof are excellent. :) Mary

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 05-Jul-2017
    Thank you very much for your nice reviews :)
Comment from Dick Lee Shia


Interesting low vantage point
Capturing superb eye clarity.

Good view of how his bill helped got its name.
Sharply focused facial features and smooth, fluffy plumage textures.
Nice perspective & narrow DOF.
Thanks for sharing...

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 05-Jul-2017
    Thank you!!
Comment from hchriste


One will see more of these in the zoo then in Belize, Last time we were there we only saw two as they are getting rare even as Belize strives to protect wild life. Nice photo well focused on the eye and good colors, Nice

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2017


reply by the author on 03-Jul-2017
    Thank you very much for the nice review. I wonder if they have more of these guys in Belize zoos than in the wild there.
reply by hchriste on 05-Jul-2017
    welcome, and maybe, Belize is an amazing country to visit however