African Wattled Lapwing with 200-400mm

[Stu Bowie]

It had just rained on one of the mornings during my recent trip to the Kruger National Park, so instead of going in early to the park, I walked around the large garden of the house we were staying in. This Wattled lapwing was quite excited with my presence, and was calling out. He was standing on the road, and due to the different levels, I could unfortunately not see the feet. If I had walked up any higher or closer, he would have flown away. You can still see a rain droplet on the end of the bill. What I like about this lens is the great bokeh it creates. The BG is as shot.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 200-400 with the 1.4 engaged = 560mm ( rented )
1/640
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp comp 0
Hand held

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice, calling pose and the enviroment are nice. sharp with good details

[David Salem]

Very nice Stuart. What a cool bird and I love the colors of the face and the blue eye is beautiful. Nice calling pose and a great bokeh to the BG. Hard to get that same bokeh from your 100-400. I dont mind not seeing the feet. Great detail and exposure too. Nice one.

[Greg Oakley]

Lovely bird and image Stuart - great calling pose as well

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely pose and exposure/details are super, yes the background is super.....hey it should be at that price!!

[gail bisson]

Great low POV but my favorite part is the visible spur.
Great BG as mentioned already and I do not mind not seeing the feet,
Gail

[Grace Scalzo]

What an eye popping image, Stuart. Love the spur, the bg, the calling pose, everything. Feet (or lack thereof) do not matter at all here to me.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback and comments everyone.

[Raymond Lee]

Nice pose, angle, details, and environment. I'm also fine not seeing the feet.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

What a bird Stewart! love the calling pose, killer clean bg and fine feather detail! many thanks for sharing. I am fine with the virtual feet :)

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent of calling Lapwing. Love nice calling pose, great details, nice colors, low angle, BG and composition.
I like the red and yellows.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ted Ellis]

It had just rained on one of the mornings during my recent trip to the Kruger National Park, so instead of going in early to the park, I walked around the large garden of the house we were staying in. This Wattled lapwing was quite excited with my presence, and was calling out. He was standing on the road, and due to the different levels, I could unfortunately not see the feet. If I had walked up any higher or closer, he would have flown away. You can still see a rain droplet on the end of the bill. What I like about this lens is the great bokeh it creates. The BG is as shot.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 200-400 with the 1.4 engaged = 560mm ( rented )
1/640
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp comp 0
Hand held

Stuart:
Great bg, excellent detail on the burd and love the low shooting angle.

Ted
http://www.tedellisphotography.com

[Karl Egressy]

Great image quality very nice calling pose and excellent background, Stuart. You might want to keep that lens.

[Richard Unsworth]

Whooo, killer, great shot Stuart!

[Shawn Zierman]

Just a cool looking bird! Subject animation trumps any lack of foreground definition issue here imo. Sharpness, exposure, head angle...it's all good here.

[Steve Kaluski]

Lovely image Stu, punchy, vibrant colours, good detail & clarity, nice POV. Like you, I just wished for the feet to be visible.

TFS
Steve

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi ,
very nice calling pose and BG.good detail & colors.