Portrait of an Ostrich

[Pieter Lotter]

Canon 40D
Lens Canon 100-400mm
f5.6
1/200
ISO 400

Taken at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria. This lady got a bit closer than usual and I thought that I would do a portrait - something that I have never done before with this species.
Looking forward to your comments
Pieter

[Randy Stout]

Pieter:

I like the soft backlighting, the eyes, spiky hairdo.

I would have been tempted to bump the ISO a bit to get a little more DOF.

Comp is a little snug on the right side, easy to add canvas if desired. I don't worry so much about centering the head in a vertical portrait shot as I do in a horizontal. The slight diagonal of the neck helps it be less static.

Cheers

Randy