Cape Rockjumper (female) - a special South African endemic

[Richard Flack]

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A special bird to see in South Africa. I spent a morning with a pair of them at the top of the Gantouw Pass (Sir Lowry's Pass) last year and had some great light to play with.

Location: Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape, South Africa
Date taken: 15 June 2013
Photo details:
Canon EOS 7D
100-400mm f5.6
ISO 400
Shutter speed 1/1250
F-stop 5.6
Exposure bias 0
Very small crop, sharpened for web

[Bill Dix]

Always a thrill to get one of the specialty birds. He gave you a nice pose, and the details are great. Might have wished to see his foot, but that's a nit.

[Ian Wilson]

Very special and well captured showing a little of the environment. Great light, nice feather detail, too bad about the foot.
Cheers, Ian

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking bird, excellent pose captured.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, you are right about the light - it shows up the detail and colours nicely, overall nice and sharp too. I do like the angled pose, and the placement of the bird in the frame.

[Holger Leyrer]

Super pose and details. The low angle works very good. The red eye is great.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.Very nice IQ, beautiful colors, details and nice 3D effect in the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Flack]

Thanks so much for the encouragement and comments! Really appreciate it. I also forgot to mention that I applied a slight lens blur to the background, which I think helps create the 3D effect Satish refers too. Thanks Satish!