Red-eyed Dove

[Stu Bowie]

You cant beat the early morning light in the Pilanesberg National Park. This red-eyed Dove was perched pretty close to the hide, and I managed quite a few different poses.

Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 340mm
1/1000
F/7.1
ISO 640

Manual exposure

Taken at 6.02am

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Stu, this is one of the best dove images I have seen. The perch, the BG, the HA and eye, sharpness and IQ are terrific! Great light as well. TFS.
Sanjeev

[Tim King]

Beautiful photo, Stuart. I especially like the hunched-over pose of the bird. A target background as well.

[christopher galeski]

very nice Stuart,loverly light,nice pose,sharp,good BG.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent light, IQ, pose, perch & BG Stuart.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Hey Stu, stunning light, pose, IQ and bg. A lovely dove for sure.
I would give him just a bit more room above, but fine as is. Love that red eye.

[Frank Schauf]

Lovely portrait and that is some nice warm looking background.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely one Stuart, all the parts of the image are fantastic, subject, perch, BG and lovely IQ
i can see a vertical composition on this one with some room increased on top , since its a vertical perch and the bird raises the height above that.
wonderful image over all

[Shawn Zierman]

Yaw, the light quality is killer.
Great image, simple, yet so well done, from point of capture through PP, this has quality
all over it. Love that eye!...and the vulture like haunch of the dove is cool too.

[PhilCook]

Love that eye Stuart and lovely golden tones throughout, a backdrop to die for........sooooo very sharp as well. A hard one to compose in a frame perfectly but I think you've made the right choice, but could equally see it in a vertical and/or a bit more room on the top

[mohammad reza shahab]

Beautiful background,Great pose, perch & very nice light.

[Karl Egressy]

Great light, IQ, background and composition, Stuart.

[Robert vanMierop]

Nice and easy on the eyes. Perfect composition too.

[gail bisson]

Absolutely love this one.
The light is sooo...nice and that BG superb.
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words and feedback.

[David Salem]

Great shot Stuart. Must have been pretty close. Beautiful feather detail and exposure. Very nice hunched pose and love the sharp red eye. Nice perch and BG too. Great job

[Richard Unsworth]

Stuart, fabulous Dove shot, intriguing unusual colors throught the frame making it very different.

[Dan Brown]

Great image, Stuart! I really like the birds posture and the BG!

[RezaAliAsl]

its so nice
thanks