Black-necked Stilt in Flight II

[Sridatta Chegu]

Canon 1D-X + 400mm f/5.6L @ f/7.1, 1/5000 sec, ISO 800, flash comp -2.3eV.

[Ian Wilson]

A very nice capture in good light with nice background and excellent detail. The eye highlight looks just a little big for my liking - is this two highlights, one from the sun and one from the flash? I also wonder if the flash has added much other than the highlight as it must be terribly weak with a shutter speed of 1/5000 sec and -2.3 EV compensation.

[Sridatta Chegu]

Thanks Ian. Removing the extra flashlight helped. Reposting the image, this time processed in DPP to render a few extra details in the underparts.

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[christopher galeski]

nice flight pose,good detail,pleasant light,repost is better.

[Mervyn Marsh]

Looks so nice, wow ur flash work is killer. nice stuff.
cheers,
MErv

[Joseph Przybyla]

Love the bird, love the background. Nice work.

[Ron E Racine]

Very nice work Sridatta. The use of flash has really helped to bring out the color differences between the feathers on the back vs the wings.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice pose and wing positions, sharp details and good exposure. My only wish is that the primary on the far wing was not missing

TFS

[Gabriela Plesea]

Beautiful image and I like the detail on the subject overall, stunning BG, love the colours, great use of flash-congratulations Sridatta!

Kind regards,

[Bill Dix]

Sweet shot. Beautiful work in all regards: flight position, detail, lighting and flash, background.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight pose captured in beautiful lights. Great details, beautiful colors, two tone BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Pretty cool that you used a flash for a BIF shot. It really made a difference in this shot as the bird has no shadows and the wing detail looks great. Nice pose, BG and colors. Well done.

[Joe Galkowski]

Nice shot Sridatta. It was fun watching you work with the flash system. I think that perhaps the flash helped bring out a little more of the subtle colors and details on the near wing.