Open-billed Stork

[Marc Mol]

A sun worshiping Open-billed Stork, Chobe River- Botswana Sept '09
D3 500VR 1/750s ISO200@f/5.6 monopod from boat.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/Nature/Botswana-Sept-2009/d314839a/742007916_pF6X3-XL.jpg

[Bill Jobes]

You caught this at just the right moment, Marc.
It exudes a really expressive behavior on the part of the stork.
To my eye, you've met the challenge of drawing a lot of detail out of the dark feathers !

[Morkel Erasmus]

these sure are odd-looking birds. nice exposure on the blacks and I'm glad you got eye contact. very interesting BG, I quite like it.

[Peter Farrell]

Well done on capturing this pose!
Peter

[Lance Peters]

Hi mark - has a very Egyptian feel to it. Like the low shooting angle and the eye contact (Ha is a bit off) Exposure looks very good - find the bg a little distracting with all those coloured lines and sections.
TFS