Great bustard 2

[Juan Aragonés]

Hi to all and thanks a lot for the lot of comments to my last image of a great bustard Here is another image from the same day, very early in the morning when the sun was rising and the bustard plumage was shinning with a beautiful red tone. In the middle of the still dark steppe, this male was like a shinning ruby. Hope you like this one too and thanks for your critics.

Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 500 + 1,4XTC ISO 400 1/125s f5,6 -0,7EV Wimberly, permanent blind and 14 hours inside!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful light, pose and colors. Could you have gone a bit higher to be able to see the legs? 14 hours in a hide, I would call that determination. :)

[Juan Aragonés]

Beautiful light, pose and colors. Could you have gone a bit higher to be able to see the legs? 14 hours in a hide, I would call that determination. :)

no way to get a higher point of view Axel :o

[Bob Ettinger]

Good comp and exposure and a nice angle. I would have the same question as Axel but you answered it.

But 14 hours, whew. The result was worth it.

[Fabs Forns]

I love it, the OOF foreground makes the bird look as if he were coming out of a dream :)

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Yes, I love it maybe better than the previous one. I don't have problem by the invisible legs.
Love the bg colors.
Szimi

[Doug Brown]

Really striking image! Nicely done.

[Gus Cobos]

Juan,
great image and composition...Congrats...:)

[Juan Aragonés]

No way to get a higher point of view to include the legs into the frame because the blind didn´t allowed it. This was the first male in the scene and he entered my field of vision very quietly and surrounded of a certain kind of mistery due to the fact that I couldn´t see the legs. The bird was walking from the left to the right but without a single movement of the tail or the neck so the bird seemed almost a kind of robot or mechanical engine! He repeated the same thing several times going in both directions

[Harold Davis]

:eek::eek::eek:WOW:eek::eek::eek: TOO SWEET!!!

[Paul Pagano]

This is really nicely done. Because of the nice foreground I don't mind the missing feet too much.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Absolutely superb, just love it, the colours are outstanding. Your patience was well rewarded.
Jon

[Arthur Morris]

You had some spectacular opps and made some spectacular images. Would I like to see a bit more of the legs? Yes. Still, this is a remarkably beautiful creation. perfect head angle and the light and the subject are stunning.