Just miserable

[Colin Driscoll]

This Kookaburra sat in my front yard through a couple of hours of heavy rain, completely exposed. Comedy value vs artificial perch.
1DXII 400mm F/2.8L II & 2XIII 800mm 1/125 f5.6 iso2000 monopod.
DPP4 & PSCC

[Tim Foltz]

Colin, I don't know if I should laugh or feel sorry for this bird… maybe a little of both.
Nice sharp details and you nailed the emotion of the shot.

-Tim

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Colin, you certainly captured how miserable this fellow is - I would be too. You have captured excellent detail on that very wet plumage. As the perch is not ideal, I would maybe come up from the bottom a little.

[keith mitchell]

Colin when I have commented on your work in the past it's often about the very bright conditions that you have to deal with,this shows just the opposite,not to bothered about the perch but that soaked bird says it all,it's an awful wet dull morning here in the UK this shot of yours as certainly brightened my day:S3: .

Keith.

[William Dickson]

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now :S3: Love it. Great SS for the rain. Lovely wet feather detail. Maybe he's enjoying it :S3:

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Because of the quirkiness of the image I'm OK with the perch in this case. I actually would have been fine had you pointed your lens lower to include more of it and place the subject higher in the frame. I love the wet look look, and as William points out - we can almost imagine it enjoying the rain!

[Bill Dix]

Definitely gets points for comedy value. Thanks for sharing the misery.

[David Salem]

Pretty darn miserable is right! Great work and I don't mind the perch in this instance. Well done

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks for the comments folks, glad you enjoyed it as much as I did in real life.