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Gerrie van Vuuren
10-12-2010, 11:04 PM
Taken from a river bank below which these birds are nesting.
1D MKIV
600mm f/4
ss 1/2500
f/8
ISO 1600
Ken Watkins
10-12-2010, 11:11 PM
You do not get much better than this, I am deeply envious. :cheers:
In response to yesterday's post I mentioned the difficulties caused by the general mayhem at nesting sites, I think it bears repeating here.
Gerrie van Vuuren
10-12-2010, 11:27 PM
Thank you for viewing & commenting Ken. It is much appreciated.
It certainly is difficult getting these erratic & fast movers in the viewfinder & getting them in focus is an equally big challenge. The keeper rate on these little ones is extremely low.:confused:
Pieter de Waal
10-12-2010, 11:49 PM
Gerrie you said it getting these guys in focus is a major challenge especialy with background affecting the auto focus. Was this auto focus or preset manual ? Well done with this one I like the spread wing position and fanned tail and of course the insect is a bonus. Were these taken from a hide ?
Dave Barnes
10-13-2010, 12:28 AM
Another great capture Gerrie. As you say not easy to capture, only 2 or 3 keepers for a days work.
Great challange and a lot of fun and frustration.
Maby a bit of NR on the tail feathers?
Karen Summers
10-13-2010, 04:52 AM
beautiful shot very well caught
Scott Frye
10-13-2010, 06:04 AM
Pure eye candy -- nicely done
Tim Munsey
10-13-2010, 06:34 AM
fantastic pose, fantastic bird, fantastic image.
Tim
Morkel Erasmus
10-13-2010, 07:00 AM
I can only echo that this is superb Gerrie! maybe another round of slight sharpening on the head/eye? is this a big crop?
Randy Stout
10-13-2010, 07:43 AM
Gerrie:
Tremendous pose, fine colors, bee, all good.
Agree with Morkel on the sharpening.
Light angle well off to the left causing some shadows, but it still works! A tiny bit of fill flash would have been interesting here.
Very well done. Congrats.
Randy
Stu Bowie
10-13-2010, 10:01 AM
And you said you didnt get any;) Good show of the wingspread and fanned tail, and his catch a bonus. Cool complimentary BG. Well captured Gerrie.
Gerrie van Vuuren
10-13-2010, 12:34 PM
Thank you for viewing & commenting everyone. It is much appreciated.
Pieter, this was taken with pre-set manual focus. The Autofocus simply cannot lock on these fast moving birds....I tried.;)
Morkel, this is close to full frame. Cropped from landscape to square & cut a cm from the bottom.:cool:
Arthur Morris
10-13-2010, 12:58 PM
Beautiful bird and superb pose and colors. The prey item is a plus. To my eye it could use a bit more fine feather detail... The only COMP problem is the merge of the bill tip with the leading edge of the far wing.
Haim Ziv
10-13-2010, 03:52 PM
My favorite bird. Great pose and I love the spread wings. :cheers:
Andrew McLachlan
10-13-2010, 07:57 PM
Hi Gerrie,
A very nice image. Love the pose. I agree with Arthur on the bill tip / far wing merge. Otherwise love it.
Chris van Rooyen
10-14-2010, 04:10 AM
Nice posture, good sharpness, perhaps a bit of motion blur around the head? Great background! Noise on the bird is notable, but not too distracting.
RAM MALLYA
10-14-2010, 05:31 AM
Lovely action captured here
Harshad Barve
10-14-2010, 01:01 PM
You do not get much better than this
TFS
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