Banded Lapwing mating

[Ofer Levy]

1D Mark IV, Canon 800 f5.6, x1.4 TC, 1/1600, f11, iso 800, tripod, full Wimberley

Spent another afternoon with these lovely birds. When I finished the session after getting closer and closer for three hours - they were oblivious to my presence even at 8 meters away....

About 70% of full frame

[Ken Watkins]

Ofer,
Marvelous seems appropriate

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, this is a fantastic action shot, Ofer. I love the low angle, colours, fantastic details and the amazing IQ.
Great work.

[Grace Scalzo]

Ofer, really, fine work, apparantly great field work to get this close. The angle of the birds, background, and of course the action are just superb.

[Bill Dix]

Excellent angles on the birds, POV, terrific detail. Great IQ for 800+TC. Not to mention colors, bg, action. Well done.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Wow, great capture. I wish both faces were in focus, but not much you can do in terms of dof at only 8 meters away. Great detail in the feathers and very clean colors.

[Ofer Levy]

Wow, great capture. I wish both faces were in focus, but not much you can do in terms of dof at only 8 meters away. Great detail in the feathers and very clean colors.

Thanks Miguel, this was taken from about 21 meters and I had about 20 cm DOF which was enough to include both heads. Here is a repost with slightly more sharpening of the heads.

[Melissa Groo]

Just superb, Ofer. Good for you for making yourself so unobtrusive and getting such a wonderful close up frame of this intimate moment. Fantastic exposure, IQ, and the sharpness looks great to me. The angle of the birds couldn't be any better.

[Jack Breakfast]

I am bedazzled!

[Sachin Saraf]

Ofer, I was expecting to see more of this species and this is absolutely amazing...Love the intimate action captured, Super low angle without any distraction and perfect HA with excellent eye contact on both the birds..your hard work really paid off..IQ is superb as always and I too found heads to be slightly soft but re post takes care of it.

I would love to see some more space in front and little less from behind.

[David Salem]

Beautiful capture!! The exposure and colors are perfect. Your patience paid off big time. The females head and eye are a little soft on the OP but the re-post helped allot. Great Job.

David

[Sanjeevprakash]

Awesome shot,Ofer.Excellent from all angles.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great capture in every aspects. Excellent timing, shooting angle, IQ, DOF, light & .... Congrats for this capture.

[Ivan Ellison]

Brilliant shot. Love the subject- hard to catch these intimate moments. The low POV really puts you there with the birds. Colours and sharpness look great, an all round impressive image.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer action captured here, Ofer. What tremendous light, low angle, details and colors. Agree it needed a tad more sharpening since both heads didn't appear quite on the same plain. You must be thrilled with this one.

[Satish Ranadive]

Every thing has been said about this wonderful image.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

[gail bisson]

I am late to the party but just love the repost. great head position and IQ and I love the colors.
Wonderful shot Ofer,
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Ofer. I like the low angle, action, IQ and exposure.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction in great light. the shooting angle was perfect.

I applied some fine sharpening, hope you like it

[Ofer Levy]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions!
Arash, I like what you have done - thank you!!

[Ken Watkins]

Arash,

That is remarkably good sharpening