African Darter

[Morkel Erasmus]

An African Darter basking in the rising sun, taken from the Mankwe hide in Pilanesberg National Park.

Nearly full frame.

Techs:
Canon 7D with 100-400mm L IS USM @ 250mm
f5.6 @ 1/500 SS @ ISO-250

[Brad Fields]

Great shot here Morkel. I like the light and composition. The only thing that bothers me is the little white speck below the branch in the lower left side of the image.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks Brad...the bird had just been preening and that is a small feather slowly dropping to the water.

[Jeroen Stel]

Lovely shot in gorgeous warm light.
Agree on the white feather being somewhat disturbing but nothing PS can't fix...:w3

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[BenBotha]

Morkel, lovely light. The 100-400 is realy sharp! Ditto about the the feather

Ben

[Randy Stout]

Morkel:

Very nice, colors, pose,light.

I like the concept of the feather, but because it isn't obvious what it is, I would probably evict it.

Interesting perch.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and details Morkel

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks for the comments and suggestions folks

I am lucky enough to have copy of the 100-400 that's quite sharp...just added a 300mm f2.8 to my kit today!