The PROUD Egyptian Goose

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Camera : Canon 1D MK III
Lens : 600mm f4 IS
Aperture : f5
Shutters : 1/1600
Speed ISO 250

Shot at Lake Naivasha , Kenya . It almost felt as if the goose was to proud to walk among the cormorants !!


Cheers,
Rakesh

[Henry Domke]

Having only one of the seven birds in focus is distracting for me.
The picture appears to be tilted down to the right.

[Nick Palmieri]

While the sharp bird in focus is nice I am bothered by the other birds. I think I would prefer either they be all sharp or more out of focus. Agree that it needs CCW rotation.

[Sam Chaplin]

I think the OP was trying to isolate the odd bird out and he did an excellent job at it.I like this shot.Nice one.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

I quite like the 5 oof birds on the right side of the frame, but the ones on the far left are a bit to close to the focus plane. I think that a much tighter crop would help this image out a bit.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rakesh, I am liking the subject isolation. Goose is tack sharp and good head position. Good that most of the cormorants have similar head angles. might add some space on the left as those cormorant bills are too close to the edge. Did you try one at f/4?

[PhilCook]

I think the OP was trying to isolate the odd bird out and he did an excellent job at it.I like this shot.Nice one.

My thoughts too, like it a is but a minor preference would be a little more canvas to the left

[Satish Ranadive]

Rakesh:
Excellent image of Goose in habitat.Very nice frame.Great exposure on bird,very nice details and tack sharp bird.
Would go for only for goose in tight crop,preferably in vertical composition and (if you are not against cloning) clone OOF birds in the BG.
Anyhow this is personal test.Tilting effect is probably because of slope of the ground.

Regards,
Satish.