View Full Version : African Darter ( Anhinga ) in flight
Stu Bowie
06-23-2014, 10:50 PM
At my local pond in Pretoria, when the varoius subjects take off, one can capture them against a fairly nice BG. This Darter was actually coming in, and this was the best angle I managed. Taken early morning.
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 640
Exp comp +0.33
Hand held
arash_hazeghi
06-24-2014, 12:01 AM
nice and sharp with a good HA and wing position. I'd try to recover more details in the under wings, especially the far wing.
David Salem
06-24-2014, 02:02 AM
Very nice Stuart. I like the detail in the feathers and the eye and the pose looks great. Very cool looking BG with the hills in it.
Dont see IF of these guys too often so congrats on this fine capture.
christopher galeski
06-24-2014, 02:08 AM
very nice capture Stuart,sharp with very nice detail,good BG,nice light,well done.
Steve Kaluski
06-24-2014, 04:16 AM
Excellent Stu, agree with Arash about the recovering a tad more detail, nice species too. :cheers:
TFS
Steve
Rachel Hollander
06-24-2014, 06:26 AM
Hi Stu - beautiful light with excellent sharpness and flight position. It is a nice bg. I like the color palette too.
TFS,
Rachel
Mervyn Marsh
06-24-2014, 06:50 AM
Beautiful, love the wing pose and the lighting!
Mike Poole
06-24-2014, 07:49 AM
Lovely lighting and smooth complementary background. The bird is pin sharp and the wing position spot on.
I keep toying with buying the same setup you have and your shots are not popular with my bank balance!
keith mitchell
06-24-2014, 08:12 AM
Stuart your bird looks great against that BG,already mentioned the light really lifts this image.
Cheers Keith.
John Robinson
06-24-2014, 09:58 AM
I agree alittle more detail in the far wing would be good but no big deal . Very pleasant to view. Grand light.
John
Stu Bowie
06-24-2014, 10:12 AM
Thanks for all the kind words and comments everyone. Always appreciated.
Randy Stout
06-24-2014, 11:44 AM
Stuart:
I like it all except the lack of detail on the far wing as mentioned by others. Nice depth to the image provided by the distant bg.
Tail displays very nicely.
Cheers
Randy
Satish Ranadive
07-10-2014, 07:39 AM
Stuart Sir,
I missed this post. Marvelous flight shot of beautiful looking darter.
Very nice HA, wing position, fanned tail feathers, wonderful details in superb lights, very nice BG and composition.
Love the frame.
Regards,
Satish.
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