Full Frontal

[Stu Bowie]

When visiting my local pond in Pretoria, some days its quiet, and some days one comes away with a little bit of action. On this morning, this Egyptian goose took off from a distance and flew directly towards me. He was flying low, so I was lucky to capture him against the colourful water, of the reflected bushes in the distant BG. When I downloaded this, I didnt realise how much of a 3D effect I managed.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/1250
F/6.3
ISO 640

Hand Held

[William Dickson]

Lovely Stu...Yes, it sure looks 3D here. Another amazing BG and I really like the detail you captured on the bird. Great flight pose and it's good that we can see both eyes. Nice POV and I like your crop.

Will

[annmpacheco]

I like this goose Stu, lovely and perfectly sharp, two eyes and a complimentary BG. I like how the FG water horizontal lines blend into the BG, and vertical lines. Well done and quite the shooter HH and 2x's!

[David Roach]

This beauty really pops against that killer complimentary BG. Wish for no shadow on breast(had to find a nit). TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto all the positives above. It looks great. Assuming AF was in the center what AF Area mode did you use?

with love, artie

[gail bisson]

Love how sharp this is Stu!
Great BG as well.
Gail

[Dorian Anderson]

This is a great result, very impressive with the 2X! The eyes are fantastic. I wouldn't mind see a slightly tighter crop as you have the detail for it. Might put even more focus
on those yellow eyes!

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.

[John Mack]

Very nice head on frame here. Looks nice and sharp. Also really like the background.