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Ken Watkins
10-23-2010, 06:33 AM
Taken on the Wami River, Saadani National Park, Tanzania, 2nd September 2010

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand held from drifting boat

F5.6, ISO 800, 1/3200
Haim Ziv
10-23-2010, 06:45 AM
Beautiful bird and very beautiful done. The BG is great!!
Sidharth Kodikal
10-23-2010, 07:37 AM
Stunning bird. Gorgeous perch and bg. Congrats on this nice capture!
Julie Brown
10-23-2010, 09:21 AM
Beautiful bird. Nice HA, perch, and background.
Van Hilliard
10-23-2010, 09:37 AM
Beautiful exposure, creamy background, nice placement in the frame. To me, an exotic bird as well, a bonus.
Bhushan Dalvi
10-23-2010, 01:18 PM
Great shot of a beautiful bird. I like the HA and the nice BG.
Jim Crosswell
10-23-2010, 04:40 PM
I like the HA, perch and clean BG. Well done!
Arthur Morris
10-23-2010, 07:35 PM
Nice bird, pose and head angle and you did well in less than ideal light--somewhat harsh and uneven. Does not the shadow on the neck with the blue cast as well as the bright WHITEs on the neck bother anyone else ? :)
Ken Watkins
10-24-2010, 03:37 AM
Artie,

The shadow and bright whites certainly bothered me , and I have only just noticed the blue cast, it is more apparent on the JPEG and I am using a lousy monitor here in UK. But for me it is not to bad;)
Arthur Morris
10-24-2010, 09:41 AM
Glad that it bothered someone besides me:) But as I said above, there are lots of good things about the image.