I took this image during a visit to the Kruger National Park, SA. The Jacana was wading in a shallow stream running across the road near Mpondo dam. I have a few from this series I would still like to add; this was my favorite thus far - I like the water droplets, the HA and the color.
Techs: Canon 1D-X | Canon EF 600mm F4 IS USM Mii– 1/1250 @ F/7.1 & ISO: 1000 |EB: 0 | On beanbag from SUV | PP:
Crop – 60%
LR – Contrast added, recovered minimal shadows, sharpened
PS6 – Luminosity mask – Highlights reduced by LBM, Midtone contrast added with LBM, Selective sharpening, Selective NR to BG, Selective dodge & burn to mainly head, eye and beak of subject, Dodge to lighten droplets.
All comments and critique always welcome and appreciated!
Regards
Hennie
Good looking shooting angle despite shooting from car, long focal length helped.
I like the attentive pose, sense of action from the drops.
I think it needs a sliver of CCW rotation. Always difficult to tell for sure in this type of image, but based on the reflection and a few of the ripples, that is my sense.
My initial reaction was that the image needed some rotation too. Neat water drop flying action, I guess this fella had just attempted a catch. Beautiful colours and an interesting comp. A bit of noise in the blacks, especially the lores...did you need to recover some shadows there?
African Jacana
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