White stork ritual

[Bogdan Coltea]

Created in April 2008 in a small village from Transylvania.
The weather was awful (thick overcast and steady rainfall).
The sky has been modified completely to improve a bit the look of the image (some halos might still be visible around the edges)

Nikon D300, 80-400mmVR, 1/640, f/8, ISO800

The image is part of a larger series I'm preparing for publishing, so I appreciate and welcome any critique.
[It's the same magazine Alfred and Fabs appeared this month ]


Thanks for looking
Bogdan

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congrats Bogdan,
I Iove the action,composition,angle and poses!!!

[susanschermer]

This is an amazing capture of some very exciting action. You got both faces and all of the bodies. I'd love to see the publication. What magazine and when?

[Doug Brown]

Great behavior captured. I'd like to see a little more detail in the eyes of the birds. You did well with the BG rework.

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely interaction captured in this, and your comp works well. Congrats.

[Bogdan Coltea]

Thank you all for the kind words and critique.

@ Susan
This is the magazine I've mentioned earlier:
http://www.phototravel.ro/website/

I'm not yet sure when my material will get published. Most likely in early spring, to match the timing of the images ((white storks' mating season).