This is a yellowbilled Duck, and I like the different angle of take off, from my normal side on shots. Although there's no wing spread in this image, I still like the action of having launched from the water. I do have the next frame with wingspread. Taken at Austin Roberts in Pretoria over the weekend.
Canon 50D
100-400 @ 250mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 400
Exp Comp 0
Hand held
05-24-2010, 09:43 AM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Stuart...agree....works very well. loved the splash, angle of shooting and the expression. If you have more room in orig, then I suggest having some more at the top.
05-24-2010, 09:56 AM
Grace Scalzo
Stuart, I like it too! A bit different, good idea you had. Agree that a bit more room on top would be nice.
05-24-2010, 10:21 AM
Stu Bowie
Thanks a stack Kaustubh and Grace. Unfortunately, I dont have any more room on top. I thought about extending the canvas, but I thought the droplets would cause a slight hiccup.
05-24-2010, 11:36 AM
Dumay de Boulle
Great timing and detail. Agree with more space on top, but adding canvas and cloning the droplets would make it a time consuming exercise.
05-24-2010, 12:36 PM
Peter Farrell
Very cool, Stuart. Looks like it hopped out of the water. Great detail and the HA is perfect for this shot.
Peter
05-24-2010, 12:48 PM
arash_hazeghi
sweet image Stuart love the splash!
05-24-2010, 12:58 PM
Steve Canuel
Cool shot Stuart. Looks like a missile launched from a sub.
05-24-2010, 03:42 PM
Karl Egressy
Nice, dynamic shot with great looking splash, Stuart.