Black-necked Stilt dynamic pose

[arash_hazeghi]

BN Stilt, taken in PA baylands.

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MK4 700mm f/7.1 1/2000sec ISO 400. almost full frame image.

[Paul Randall]

Shame the wing is OOF slightly, some detail there would have been nice but the sharpness of the face makes up for that IMO. Good work :S3:

[arash_hazeghi]

The stilts was so close that the wings ran out of DOF, it was almost at MFD, at these distance it is very difficult to get all parts of the bird sharp...I thought I'd share this because I had never been able to track a stilt so upclose and downwind at 900mm FOV :bg3: it's a good workout at least

[Katie Rupp]

One of my favorite birds and a great capture as usual.

[Doug Brown]

Love that red eye Arash! Nice detail in the head.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic detail & IQ Arash... love the red eye and soft light TFS:cheers::cheers:

[Hendri Venter]

The OOF wing dont bother me at all. The exposure and sharp detail on the body and head makes this an excellent image.

[Chris Kotze]

Great BIF, super flight angle and excellent detail

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful flight image Arash! I like the exposure and detail.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash, too bad we could not meet. I did not manage any good flight shots at the Baylands....so I can appreciate this one a lot. Terrific AF work. excellent angle, light, details. A tad more room in front might make it better.

[Jeff Dyck]

Great image Arash - background, lighting and pose look great. It would have been nice to have a bit more DOF, but I am not too concerned by it...

[Dumay de Boulle]

Congrats on tracking one so close...IQ looks good on the head and exp is great. OOF wing to me adds the impression of movement.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys, I must say that I am still undecided about keeping this or not....