Wet Feet

[Morkel Erasmus]

This is a Lesser Jacana. Quite a rarity in Southern African wetlands.
I photographed this chap in early morning light on waters of the Okavango Delta with my lens resting over the side of the little boat I was on.

Techs:
Canon 7D with Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS USM + 1.4xTC @ 420mm
f7.1 @ 1/1600 SS @ ISO-800
Cropped from horiztonal

[Andrew Merwin]

Hey Morkel, I like this image a lot—wonderful light, great detail, excellent exposure & techs, the raised foot with the bubble between the toes takes it over the top.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I also liked that film of water. terrific light and pose. Nice sharp head. Well done as always.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image, Morkel. Love the raised big foot, light and colours.

[jack williamson]

Great detail and exposure. You caught the raised foot perfectly.

[Randy Stout]

Morkel:

The light here is very special, giving nice definition and colors too!

Very neat display of water between the toes.

I might try a version with the darker areas around the head softened/cleaned up a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[PhilCook]

Pretty amazing Morkel, never seen the water on the foot like this, nice sharp and well exposed shot as well, well done on getting a fine imnage of an uncommon bird too.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the raised foot, exposure, details and sharpness. Nice image Morkel.

[Lyle Gruby]

Beautiful bird and light Morkel. I don't believe this could be any sharper. Great shot of a species rarely seen.

[Raymond Lee]

Love that raised foot. Fantastic details and colour. I'm not sure what that blurred green stuff is in front of the bird...maybe OOF reeds or reflection, but I thought it's slightly distracting. I'm fine with the background though.

[Greg Oakley]

Very fine image Morkel - great little Jacana species as well!
Cheers, Greg

[David Salem]

Nice capture all the way around and the unique foot position with the water in it takes it over the top. Techs look great too. Well done.

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image Morkel, great detail, colours and light, agree on possibly soften ing the dark spots around its head, otherwise great image.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mork, great angle shooting from the boat, and well timed to capture the raised foot - especially showing the bubble of water. Sweet light always produces, and in turn, the colours look great. I presume there were distractions on the right, not to have gone landscape. Dont get me wrong, Im fine with the vertical as is.

[Daniel Cadieux]

That is very neat! Love that raised foot with water film between the toes...way cool. Looks like you had an OOF grass in the middle FG, easy to eliminate. This would have been a 10 had the body angle been a wee bit better, so I'll give it a 9.8 Awesome light, colours, low angle!!