Posing Flamingo

[Stu Bowie]

During my stay in Cape Town at the end of May, I had one morning of sunshine. I went down to the Milnerton lagoon, a surburb of Cape Town, and was pleased to find Flamingo's. This particular flamingo decided to show off, and I couldnt resist capturing this pose.

Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 360mm
1/2000
F/7.1
ISO 400

Exp comp +0.33
hand held

[Lorant Voros]

Nice light , great HA and I like the resting pose. Your 100-400 is still a good tool.

[Diane Miller]

So nice to have these cooperative models! Very nice capture! Did you shoot any verticals with the full reflection? It is very nice.

[Stu Bowie]

Did you shoot any verticals with the full reflection? It is very nice.

Thanks Diane. I have a couple of verticals with a reflection, not the best reflection, but they stand out well enough. I just havent got around to processing them.

Lorant, thank you for your feedback too.

[David Salem]

That's one nice shot Stuart. Your Flamingo shots are some of the best I have seen. The detail and exposure are right on the money and I like the pose with the raised foot as it shows the leg scales of this species well. Very nice.

[hennieloots]

Hi Stuart - TFS this lovely image. I like the soft colors and the pose with the leg up is great. Good IQ and good details visible. I look forward to a vertical with the full reflection. Super image.
Regards
Hennie

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the HA, pose, raised foot, sharpness and composition. Leg reminds me of steel rebar but pinkish. Excellent image Stuart!

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent image, Stuart.
The pose is very attractive.
IQ is great.

[Grace Scalzo]

Such wonderful subtle graphics to this image with the striations in the water and on the leg. Full of beauty and interest Stuart.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Stu another super fine image, the detail you capture is quite exceptional. You appear to have caught the bird at the ideal moment too with a very slight head turn.

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely setting here. excellent pose, exp, details & colors.

[gail bisson]

Hi Stuart,
I am late to the party again. I like this a lot.
I like the perfect head turn and the ruffled neck feathers.
Really nice soft light that makes the whites appear to have a satin sheen to them,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

My favorite part of the image is the scaling on the bent leg. Super nice. My instinct would have been for a lower angle but the image works quite well as is.

[Stu Bowie]

My instinct would have been for a lower angle but the image works quite well as is.

Thanks Dan. Unfortunately, a lower angle wasnt possible. Having said that, If I could have gone lower, it would have brought in the far bank which is an edge of a golf course.

Thank you everyone else for your comments and feedback.