He's behind you!

[Richard Unsworth]

BOO!

Incoming amorous male captured Ourique, Portugal
Adjustments in CS6
7D 100-400 FL 100 TRIPOD ISO 400 1/1600 F8

[Mark Jones]

Beautiful wingspan on the male. I find myself wondering what the next frame would show. Did you take a sequence of shots?

[PhilCook]

Nice timing and such lovely birds, but something funny about the IQ, it almost looks like a filter effect such as " water color " or similar has been applied...however having said that it does have an appealing painterly look to it.....except for the pole lol lol

[Richard Unsworth]

Mark it was the end of a burst

Phil - yes its nice though lol

What do you have against poles, they land on em, build their nests on em and have sex on them lol
send me a pic of your head and Ill shop it in hahaha

[Dennis Zaebst]

Agree with Phil, it looks like some kind of filter has been applied. I wonder if the whites are a bit hot? I wish there were a bit more room on the left. Other than that, it's a great capture with nice dynamism.

[Richard Unsworth]

No filters used; I will run it through pp again and have a play :-)
can add to left etc

[Grace Scalzo]

Looking forward to your repost because the action is super and tells the story.

[Richard Unsworth]

OK

NR to blacks and BG, adjusted with curves, set white point (pp on laptop with cs6)
resized and sharpened. Any suggestions welcome as it is a great pose
thx Grace and all

[PhilCook]

That looks much better in both IQ and I rather prefer the wide aspect........you notice I'm not using the " p " word hehehe..........arrrrrrgh !!!,..... I cant help myself...is this a new type of pole dancing routine, if so I hope they are wary of splinters lol

[Richard Unsworth]

Phil = what's a pole dancer?