Sweet light Flamingo

[Stu Bowie]

Its not often that I can say that I had too much glass, but as I was given this lens combo for the morning shoot, I made the most of it. This Flamingo was feeding closer than I thought, and only just managed to get the top of the the body in. The light had just appeared over the water, thus the warm colours. Taken at a wetlands near Johannesburg. I added a bit of canvas on top, and cropped to vertical.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 + 2X TC 600mm
1/1600
F/7.1
ISO 800

Exp Comp + 0.33
Hand held

[Loi Nguyen]

Stuart, fantastic details, sharpness, perfect exposure, good light. Good choice of stopping down a little for the 2X. Loi

[Girish Prahalad]

lovey exposure & sharpness. DOF looks perfect & the light is great.
does it need a bit of rotation?

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great details & nice warm light. Like the shooting angle. Agree with a little CCW rotation.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Beautiful Stu, love the contrast, the bird pops so nicely against the excellent BG. I see a new toy, excellent lens enjoy

[Ritesh Nangare]

Magnificent details , great light, Awesome compo , great Shot........

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful capture Stuart,sharp with great detail,nice light and BG.well done.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Sweet light indeed. Just beautiful.

[Satish Ranadive]

Stuart Sir,
Excellent image with wonderful details in whites.
Love the feeding pose with raised foot just touching the water,shades of pink,nice reflection in beautiful water.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the feeding pose, sharpness, light, details, exposure and composition. Excellent image Stuart!

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Well done, for all the reasons mentioned above. Yes, a bit of CCw rotation, which unfort. will aggravate the very tight crop.

The colors work very well here.

cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the kind words and feedback. To be honest, the rotation did bug me before posting, but I couldnt put my finger on it. Im still unsure if my repost is correct, but here goes.

Viv. Its not a new toy, the lens combo was pushed into my face to use for the morning. I have great photography mates who have spare lenses lying around.

[Robert Holguin]

This is a beautiful shot Stuart.
Love the light and the drinking pose.
I also like the ripples, very nice background, and great shooting angle.
Your repost looks better but I think it still needs just a sliver of ccw rotation.
Well done.

[gail bisson]

The light is to die for in this image.
IQ is amazing and the low POV and tight comp is perfect.
I think the repost addresses the rotation issue.
I like the reflection lines of the water on the face and neck.
Lovely dainty feeding pose.
Gail

[David Salem]

Killer light cast upon this beautiful Flamingo. Dosnt get much better. One of the best Flamingo shots I have seen on this site! Has it all, great light, feather detail, action and a nice smooth BG. Very Nice Stuart!

[Jeannean Ryman]

WOW! Gorgeous light, details, and pose! Repost looks good. Sweet shot!