Pin Tailed Whydah 2

[Ken Watkins]

Another one from my short session in my back garden, really neded a bit mor +EV.

Small bird long tail.

EOS 1D Mk IV

500mm F4 hand held

F7.1, ISO 800, 1/4000, EV +0.33

[Doug Brown]

Not sure what you had to do in post, but +1/3 looks pretty good as presented. Like the eye contact, dangling feet and tail. Nice image!

[Stu Bowie]

You have these guys in your back garden - what a treat Ken. Exposure looks good to me too, and well done on getting him all in the frame. I like the dangling feet.

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Ken, it must be great to have these beauties in your backyard. The exposure looks fine to me and I like the open wings.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I love this bird Ken Bhai..

[Pieter de Waal]

Ah Ken you nailed it, good exposure and light angle with great eye contact. Agree getting the whole bird in is an achievement with these erratic flyers. Love the extended near wing. well done.

[Arno Ellmer]

Excellent capture ,Ken ! Very difficult comp ,always, with these guys ,with long tail.Image sharp where it counts.
Would lighten up the eye area a bit . WD !

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, I have been waiting for some time to try and get this at least I did not have to move far:)

The reason I said I needed a little more + EV, is that I had to open it up quite a lot and feel that I could have got more detail on the breast and around the eye, no such problem this morning it is raining:(

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely posture and sharpness, and I like the exposure as is. Well done Ken

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks Chris