Flying Jump Kick

Attachment 131160

Lesser Yellowlegs at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 7D | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko 1.4x Teleplus PRO 300 DGX + Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
Manual mode, 1/1250 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640.

Cropped in slightly to recompose.

All C&Cs are welcome!

Thanks,
Raymond

What a wonderful catch!! The sharpness with that TC combination is impressive.

This is pretty cool Raymond. Great action portrayed.
Very impressive technically with all those teles on the 7D.
I really like the position of the legs of the near bird.
I could see a tighter crop from the right and left to really zoom the eye in on the action.
Gail

Very cool action and IQ.
Hope you don't mind, I would crop this way tighter and lighten the shadow.
Your file size was very small (166kb), you can save to 400kb.
This was quick and it has a halo, but you get the idea.
IMG_7134_LesserYellowlegsdk_fight_jumpkick_BPN.jpg

Great action here and the leg positions and flying water liven it up. I agree about a tighter crop not sure Dan has it exact but on a good path.:) His work on the shadow improved it too.

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Originally Posted by Diane Miller

What a wonderful catch!! The sharpness with that TC combination is impressive.

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by gail bisson

This is pretty cool Raymond. Great action portrayed.
Very impressive technically with all those teles on the 7D.
I really like the position of the legs of the near bird.
I could see a tighter crop from the right and left to really zoom the eye in on the action.
Gail

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I thought about it too. At the end, I was conservative and went with a landscape orientation for some room at the bottom, left, and right for the birds to follow through.

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Originally Posted by dankearl

Very cool action and IQ.
Hope you don't mind, I would crop this way tighter and lighten the shadow.
Your file size was very small (166kb), you can save to 400kb.
This was quick and it has a halo, but you get the idea.

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Thanks I don't mind at all, in fact, I had the portrait orientation in mind during my RAW edit. I thought your crop is a bit tight, but I get the idea. I will repost tomorrow.
Oh, I guess I haven't been on BPN for awhile, I didn't realize we can upload up to 400 kb now. Back then it was up to about 250 kb if I remember correctly.

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Originally Posted by Cheryl Molennor

Great action here and the leg positions and flying water liven it up. I agree about a tighter crop not sure Dan has it exact but on a good path.:) His work on the shadow improved it too.

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He is on the right path. Like I said above, I had that orientation in mind. It's one of those shots I wanted to post it up and get some feedback. Thanks. :)

Terrific shot.
Great timing and action.
I like Dan's comp.
Well done.

Dan's crop is going in the right direction, maybe a little looser. Great action shot and the dof looks pretty good.

Jack

Here's the update after taking everyone's suggestion:

Attachment 131186

Thanks,
Raymond

Nice work Raymond, the repost does justice to the poses you captured.
Yellowlegs ballet!

excellent action captured here. like Dan's repost in terms of color but prefer the OP for comp.