Bow To The King

[Troy Lim]

Shot taken in Singapore, not sure the name of the bird. Fast little bird, pushed for as much DOF as I could get and fast enough shutter speed to freeze the male's flight pose. With female turning towards him was a big plus as she usually turns around and stick her butt up to tease him.
1Dx + 600mm IS II, 1/4000, f/10, ISO 3200.

[Roy Priest]

I like the action and by play of the two birds. I believe the birds are Pin Tailed Wydahs.

[dankearl]

I really like the comp of this.
Very attractive setting and very cool birds.
I wish the bird was angled toward the camera a bit more, but a really interesting photo.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice interaction Troy. I would crop it a bit tighter since both birds are quite small in the frame and don't show much detail as posted

TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Troy, good flight pose with the long curled tail of the male. I do like the setting, but yes, a touch small in the frame.

These are Pin-tailed Whydah's. They are fairly common here in SA.

[Marina Scarr]

I find this image delightful, Troy, and small in the frame works well to show off the species & the behavior. Your green bg and the perch are super. Love the curled tail feathers and the little tootsies showing up so well out in front of the bird. Sure a better HA on one of the birds would have been the kicker, but this works quite nicely.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Absolutely loved this shot. very different and interesting due the male's tail. Cropping tighter might hurt the IQ, I think. As presented, the small in frame works for me.

what needs to be in focus is and what should not be isn't. that's a very strong point about this image.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Spectacular I love it, I would suggest a slightly tighter crop also.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Indeed a Pin-tailed Wydah and these birds are so difficult to capture, they are so fast and hardly ever sit in one spot. I love the environment here, the BG is great, nice colours and good exposure, a very pleasing image.

Kind regards,