Southern Mask Weaver

[Nico Steenberg]

Photographed @ Mankwe Hide, Pilanesberg


Date: 2011/12/03
Time: 06:02:34 AM

Canon EOS 7D
EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

TV: 1/3200)
AV: f/8.0
ISO: 2000
Exposure bias 1

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[Stu Bowie]

Hi Nico, love the incoming fight pose of the weaver returning to his nest, and the the building material adds interest. If this were mine, I would try and open up the shadows of the entrance to the nest.

I had fun capturing these guys way back in January, and it wasnt easy.

I was there today, not much to bring home. :w3

[Randy Stout]

Nico:

I love the action/story here. Nice wing spread, vegetation a plus, very colorful. To my eye, the nest looks a little sharper than the bird, except for the feet. Had you prefocused on the nest?

The catchlight in the eye does tend to make the pupil look less sharp than it probably really is, and sometimes doing a bit of burning in can reduce it in size a bit and improve the apparent sharpness.

Cheers

Randy

[Nico Steenberg]

Thanks for the positive feed back and suggestions Stu and Randy. Yes i have pefocus on the nest Randy :w3

Will be there from the 19th-23 of this month Stu :c3:

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Nico, good suggestions by Stuart and Randy above. Love the in-coming pose you captured here.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Delightful bird and open wing. Like the light and leaf on beak is a plus.

[Morkel Erasmus]

good to see an image from you again
love these shots, so hard to nail, good that you have the wingspread and the red eye with the building material in the beak
something on the eye just looks funny? is it sharp at 100%?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great pose and action captured. I keep looking at the eye as well it almost looks a little blurry to me.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. I really like the wing spread and it's feet. Great comp and excellent timing.
Well done.

[Nico Steenberg]

Thank you every one for viewing and commenting. Its highly appreciated http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/forums/images/smilies/smile.png