Rock Dove Speedster

[Chris Kotze]

Canon 40D
Lens 100-400 L 5,6
SS 1/2500
f5.6
ISO 400

[Bibhav Behera]

excellent eye contact there... beautiful and sharp... Was this against harsh light.. i would pull the highlights back slightly...

Is this full frame?

[Gal Shon]

A good catch, I like the BG and wings position.
It seems like the focus is placed on the closer wing,
Eye and neck looks oversharpened on my monitor.

[Dave Barnes]

This is so sharp and crisp Chris, I like a lot. Nice dark BG and good colour.
Bird looks to be flying a tad down, could be just the water that gives it that feeling, but I would think of a slight anti clockwise rotation?

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for the comments.
Bibhav this were normal morning 8:05 am light conditions and I crop 30% of the original.
Yep Dave it does seem to fly down, looking at the tail it is diving down for landing but I'm not to sure about this myself.
I did a repost and it does look better flying straight :)

[Brian Barcelos]

I like the re post. You did a good job controlling the whites and nice eye contact. I wish the wings were either all the way up or down. Congrats.

Brian

[Brian Zwiebel]

Great stuff Chris, was this at 400mm or pulled back some to a shorter length? Reason I ask is, this is wonderfully sharp, which this lens sometimes strugles with shot wide open and the longest zoom. You really nailed this one, I love everything about it.

Good Shooting!

BZ

[Stu Bowie]

I like the different colours on the wing feathers Chris, and your repost works much better. Stands out nicely against the darker BG. Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Pretty cool! I do agree with the wing position though...I would prefer it either straight up or down.

[Stephen Earle]

Nice fine detail and good exposure Chris. Love that eye.

[Arthur Morris]

Wow! Wicked good flight image. Killer wing position and SH. I love both versions. Try a small crop from the bottom so that the room above and below is equal....

[Harshad Barve]

Super flight shot for me
TFS

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for all the kind comment. Thanks Artie I will do a comp as suggested