A Coot in per suit!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 & 1.4TC ISO 400 Manual mode 1/3200 f6.3
I took a number of images of a battle between at first two then up to four coots, at first it was a good photo opportunity but it turned really nasty, it was more than a punch up, in the end one coot was nearly drowned.
All C&C welcome.

[Randall Farhy]

Jonathan-I'm on my laptop so subtlety is lost, but this looks spot on re: Exposure and tonal range, something of a challenge with the 7D and brighter light. Nice timing to get both feet in the air, I also like that the head is turned slightly inward. Details also look well rendered. A solid action shot.

[Rob Melone]

It's a great walk-on-water shot Jonathan and love the wing and head position on this all too often difficult bird to expose properly.

[keith mitchell]

Jonathan you really are being kept busy with that camera of yours, you have captured the action with this one, great piece of work.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Great action grab Jon. Maybe some space right for the bird to "run into" would be good.
Cheers
JohnR

[Holger Leyrer]

The running pose is excellent. Exposure control is very good. I like the details in the plumage and the low angle.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent action shot, Jon. Great to see both funky looking feet.

[Iain Barker]

Well done Jon, those coots are hard to catch when racing across the water.
The head looks just slightly soft compared to the rest of the bird but still a very nice image.

[dankearl]

I would sharpen the head a touch more, but A fine running coot and they run fast!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image, Jonathan. Very nicely exposed with beautiful details in blacks. Great action captured.


Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thank you for your comments everyone.