African Jacana

[Vivaldo Damilano]

D4 600vr 1/2500s at f7.1 ISO 800. Handheld

[gail bisson]

Well done to get this jacana out in the open.
Great light and I like the trailing water droplets with the hint of a water ripple in the river.
I wish for a bit less wing blur but that is a minor issue
Nice shot,
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Nice work getting this guy taking off, with a good flight position and HA. The spot of water ripple beneath him helps to ground the image.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb take off pose with nice wing position, beautiful colors, trail of water droplets and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Andre Pretorius]

Hi Vivaldo

Crisp, good comp to include some of water.

My only crit is the bit of wing blur.

Exposure spot on,nice detail in whites! What exposure mode did you use?

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Viv, love the light in this, and a great take off pose giving us a great view of those large feet. Nicely set against the clear water as a BG.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice shot the head and trailing feet are really sharp with excellent detail.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Beautiful Jacana in flight, comp is great and I love the colours. Image well processed and presented.

...sorry-I too wish for a bit less blur on the wings

Kind regards,

[Michael F Milligan]

Quite like that wing blur

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm OK with the wing blur too. I'm really digging those huge trailing feet! I could go for a tad more room above, but still good as is. Although quite minor, I would remove the small yellowish spot in LLC.

[Richard Flack]

Awesome image Vivaldo. TFS

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks everyone I should have used f5.6 instead of 7.1 for a slightly higher shutter speed. Andre I use aperture priority.

[David Salem]

Great looking shot Vivaldo. The exposure and detail look perfect and I love those huge gangley feet. I wish for less blur too but still great as is. Nice work!

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image and loving those huge feet! This image emphasizes them well.