African Skimmer

[Vivaldo Damilano]

This images was taken on the Chobe river Botswana.
D3s 600 VR, Taken at 600mmm, 1/2000 sec at F6.3, ISO 400. I had to clone out of focus Skimmer in the BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful...very strong comp and what a background...wonderful. excellent separation.

Only wish is some room above. If you dont have it in orig, extending the canvas should not be too difficult.

[Arno Ellmer]

Great capture,Vivaldo ! Pleasing bg, great eye contact and posture of a very elegant flyer.
Agree with some canvas extension (or less crop? ) at the top.Would have wished for separation of bill from wing. Still excellent!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks Kaustubh and Arno :) I have added some canvas to the top.

[Stu Bowie]

Repost looks good Vivaldo, although I may have added a touch more. Great banking angle with the full wingspread, and those colours in the BG adds something extra. Well captured.

[Bill Dix]

Background, light, detail, wing extension and head angle all exquisite. In a perfect world the bill would be clear of the wing, but a gorgeous image nonetheless.

[Todd Frost]

Nice image. Great bg and techs look good. Re-post takes it up a notch. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Daniel Cadieux]

The added canvas makes for a stronger comp - well done putting that in. I would also reduce the luminance of the bottom bright band is it tends to compete for my attention - excellent BG otherwise. Lastly, I find the bill a bit oversaturated.

Neat banking pose, and I love the overlappipng feathers on the lower wing.

[Robert Amoruso]

Daniel captured my thoughts on this image. Amazing how much this looks like the one in Florida.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wow ! Great light , good sharpness . The wing pose , the BG ...sooper stuff !! Yeah . and the repost is better in terms of compo .

[Mital Patel]

amazing freeze here. loved the angle. i might be wrong but would be a great idea to put the bird more right to where it is..

[Ken Watkins]

A bird I have always wanted to get a decent image of and consistently failed.

Great image:)

[Kiran Poonacha]

killer stuff, loved the pose and a wonderful BG

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks very much for all great comments, will have a look at bill and other suggestions :)