Another pigeon.

[Stu Bowie]

I really enjoy the challenge of these guys, and on each outing, I hope for a better capture against a perfect BG. This was taken this morning in Pretoria.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/3200
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp comp 0
Hand Held

[Juan Aragonés]

Your pigeons looks really wild and interesting creatures under those light conditions and good photographic job Stu :-)

More room at the bottom would be a very nice option for a different composition

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Nicely freezed. These can be quite challenging to track. I too would prefer more room below. Everything else works perfectly fine for me.

[Keith Carver]

Nice BIF capture, Stuart, love the HA, eye contact and BG. Until seeing your posts, I had never considered IF pigeons as a nice opportunity to improve BIF technique, and can imagine these are more difficult to do than one might think. I really like this one.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the kind words guys. As he was flying slightly upwards, I thought by leaving less at the bottom, and more at the top. Here is my repost with some added space at the bottom.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm really liking this one Stuart. Only thing I wish for is a higher wing position, but still nice considering the difficulty factor. The green iridescence looks pretty neat :-)

[Grace Scalzo]

Good image, Stuart. I like the additional space at the bottom. You have shown off the beauty of these birds really well, their colors stand out nicely with the brown background.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Sharpness and BG look good. I also wish for a better wing position.

[Gal Shon]

The Repost works well for me,
BG, light and sharpness are very good.

[DarrenMcKenna]

Love this image Stuart, I prefer the original and while the wing position isn't perfect you have fine detail and nice light.




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[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great sharpness mate. I wish the head was more separated from that far wing. I mean, there is some color contrast, which is great and makes definition of lines doable, but separation (I feel) would make it stronger. Love the colors and nice BG. THanks for sharing. :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

To be honest I am not crazy about the wing position, I do loved everything else, such as light, detail, colors, BG and sharoness and DOF.
Congratulaitons!

[Dave Barnes]

You nailed this one Stu, I like that BG. Well done.

[Kobus Tollig]

Repost looks super. Like the pose and bg

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved it brother, wished for the wings to be a little higher thats all, every else looks great.. congrats...

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. I appreciate it.

[Chris Kotze]

All said. Excellent shot Stu well captured

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

The repost is great.