Juvenile Lesser Flamingo

[Jan Fourie]

Taken at Kamfersdam ,Kimberley,South Africa
Camera:Canon 1 D Mark 1V
Lens:Canon 500mm f4
SS : 1/3200
ISO: 640
F/7.1

[allanrube]

Good action shot - legs moving, blur in foot, water drops all add to the feeling of action. I wish the land was not running through its head.

[Randy Stout]

Jan:

Good comments from Allan.
Very good choice of settings to freeze the action but give enough DOF for this large bird, coming right at you.

I do agree about the background, it would be preferable to have a bit more separation from the head. If you could have changed your position (grown a few inches:)) that would have given greater separation

Easy for me to say in retrospect, harder to do in the field, but I keep working on 'seeing' the entire image as I am taking them, trying to improve things in camera. (It is a work in progress for me!)

Cheers

Randy

[Hendri Venter]

Great action nicely frozen here Jan. I actually like the multi coloured BG, just a pity it runs through the Flamingo's head.