Coot Running on water

[Amol Khedgikar]

a wasted weekend in Dallas because of the weekend. but that gave me a chance to work on pending images for a while.

Shot with a 7D and 500+ 1.4 handheld.

1/5000, 5.6, ISO 500, manual exposure.

Some canvas added in front of the bird. cropped slightly from behind and bottom.


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[John Cooper]

Well captured Amol with the wings fully out stretched. Lovely sharp image, excellent exposure and the water splashes add impact. The piece of water-weed in it's bill tells a story - nest building material I guess.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Excellent capture Amol. Nice and sharp.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dynamic pose, details and light

[Shawn Zierman]

Brilliant image. Love the action and sharpness/good composition, and low shooting angle.
Vegetation in the bill adds some great interest.

[gail bisson]

The thumbnail doesn't do this image justice.
Great low POV and I love the running pose and outstretched wings.
Great splash as well. Good IQ and tack sharp as well.
Congrats on a fine image,
Gail

[christopher galeski]

magic image,sharp,nice and low,love the splash and the weeds in the beak,great light and color in the BG.well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Great action shot, Amol. The exposure is perfect, so is the IQ.

[Randy Stout]

Amol:

Beautifully captured action shot, sharp, well exposed, nice canvas extension.

Congrats!

Randy

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent capture Amol.very nice details and light.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Amol, one of the best coot images Ive seen in a while. Excellent exposure, and love the 'running' pose across the water - coots favourite past time. The coot is sharp, and we have a good view of the wings. I do like your low angle of capture.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the dynamic pose and the low angle. The water is beautiful as well. Excellent work Amol.

[Tim King]

Always a blast watching these guys. Great job freezing this moment.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

My envy green is growing over here. This is a shot I hope to get this year. Love the pose, the flying water and the stick is a bonus!

[Petros Petrou]

This is a great image. Sharp with perfect exposure nice pose and great action. Good job in freezing the action. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Great action shot.Beautiful details in blacks,lights,flash of water and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[ArabindaDebnath]

Superb action.Nice details and composition.