Southern Masked-Weaver

[Arno Ellmer]

It is mid winter in Johannesburg , but the unusually mild weather has confused the Weavers , and some of them are frantically building nests.
This image was created last week at a small nature reserve near my home.

Canon 1DX
500mm f4
f/8.0
1/3200
ISO 1250
Manual
Tripod

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great HA & IQ. I like the composition, complete open wings & BG. TFS

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Neat capture Arno with lot's of sharp detail. I think I would tone down the brightness on the nest just a little if were mine. That nest is an amazing work of art.

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking nest and bird. Love the pose, and composition.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful pose and comp, i would also tone down the brightness on the nest as it pulls the viewers attention form the subject.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the image design here, the open wing adds a lot to it too. I agree in toning down the brights on the nest and perhaps reducing the contrast on it too.

[Diane Miller]

Agree about the nest, and easily fixed, but for me this is just fantastically wonderful of the bird!! Maybe a little on the hot side, but it looks so sharp and is so well defined against that lovely BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful action captured. Love the pose of bird with fully open wings,beautiful colors and composition.
Agree with above comments and suggestions. Would also add some space on left side.

Regards,
Satish.

[HadiAnsari]

Hi.Great looking nest and bird.I agree in toning down the brights on the nest.TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Arno - fun shot with excellent comp, detail and sharpness. Good suggestions above to tone down the nest.

TFS :wave:,
Rachel

[Bill Dix]

This is stunning. I love the full wing extension, colors and great comp. Knocking down the highlights on the nest will put it over the top. Love it.

[vishaljadhav]

Fantastic composition here, lovely details and i like the open wings captured nicely here
the BG is even enhancing the image a lot

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you for the constructive comments.The toning down of the nest suggestion is now so obvious.Thanks for that .I will rework and repost shortly.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice scene and colors.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot great timing, I would consider lowering the highlights a little bit.

[David Salem]

Awesome Arno!! Dosnt get much better.

[Shawn Zierman]

Pretty fantastic head angle and pose on the bird given the behavioral scenario. Can't imagine a better composition here. Great image.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Wonderful pose and composition.great timing & BG.

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you Frank,Jonathan,David,Shawn and Mohammed for your comments .Always appreciated !