Take Off

[Stu Bowie]

Ive enjoyed capturing Kingfisher take off's, so I thought I would try a take off of a different species from the water. This Black -bellied duck gave me a good wing position as he took off.

Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2500
F/5.6
ISO 800

Exp Comp +0.33
hand held

[Ken Watkins]

Stuart,

This is about as good as it gets

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful take off captured with beautiful composition.
Love the wing stretch,great details in colors and BG. Flash of water adds to the beauty of image.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

great take off in sweet light

[gail bisson]

Very nice wing spread and water splash.
Would like to see all the water splash if you have it.
Light. IQ and sharpness are spot on.
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Would like to see all the water splash if you have it.

Thanks Gail. I have more behind the splash, but thought it would push the duck more into the centre. Having said that, I do feel I have cut off the splash as is.

Thanks Ken, Satish and Arash.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great timing! I don't think the wings could be any more outstretched than they are right now. I'm always pleasantly amazed at the detail that you get out of the feathers for your shots. Keep em coming!

[Maya Raut]

Hi Stuart,

Stunning take off capture. Nice wing position and water splash. Great IQ, light and composition. TFS

- Maya

[Grace Scalzo]

Good timing, Stuart. I understand your composition dilemma, but in this case, not sure that having the duck more centered would be a big issue for me because the splash adds so much.

[Arno Ellmer]

Awesome,Stuart ! The fraction of a second that you shot later than I did produced so much better an image with the wing up position , giving superb details and display of colour.Great shot , great timing ,great light.

[Sachin Saraf]

Stu, This is another beautiful capture in sweet light....We are still waiting to see some variety since you got the MK IV...how about some KF? :-)

[Stu Bowie]

We are still waiting to see some variety since you got the MK IV...how about some KF? :-)

Thanks Sachin. I have some recent KF images with the Mark IV, but thought you guys were bored with the KF images too.

Thanks a stack for the feedback and comments everyone. Always appreciated.

[Ivan Ellison]

Really nice, great timing. The bird is pin sharp and the colours are spot on. Dont suppose you can get down to water level in S Africa- large scaly things may pop out and drag you in, while your eye is pressed to the viewfinder.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Stu this is a super shot great action and super detail, the pose couldn't be much better could it? A good example of right place right time...and ready!!

[Rachel Hollander]

Stuart - beautiful light, colors, detail and take off pose. It all works.

TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Great timing, very nice light, superb pose, and excellent details.
Well done.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great to see you enjoying the MkIV, Stu. Great detail on the wings and I like the water BG. I saw this duck when I was at AR but didn't have any luck with co-operating in the light.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Really nice pose with the splashing water to add a bonus. Great light and detail too