Redbilled Teal

[Geurt Bloem]

The image was taken at Marievalle. Out here in South Africa, we mostly tend to photograph out of bird hides and therefor will most of our images be a tad top-down.

Stats
Equipment 1D MIII with 600 f4 IS with 1.4TC
Av f7.1
Tv 1/1000
ISO 200
Full frame.

[John Cooper]

You must be very pleased with your effort here Geurt. Great action caught just at the right time and yellow/browns of the bird complement nicely with the blue water. I like it. If I was to nit-pick I would just suggest a tiny bit of extra canvas at top.

[Maxis Gamez]

Very nice pose and light. The only thing would be more roon on top, bu that would be it for me!

[Linda Robbins]

Beautifully captured pose, perfect head angle, and sharp as a tack. As mentioned, a bit more room on top would have been nice, but this is a lovely image.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great colors and great details!
I agree with Maxis for the top

[Bill Foxworthy]

I'll go with the others about the top room but the image is a superb example otherwise. I love the water droplets and the detail is outstanding!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Yup more room on top and less at the bottom would be my wish as well. Otherwise great job!

[Glenn Bartley]

Such a nice pose captured here. I would re-crop taking some off the left and bottom and adding to the top.

[Geurt Bloem]

Thanks a lot and will add some "canvas" to top next time.