Egyptian Goose portrait

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks share an image of an African species who lives and even breeds in a local park close by .

Canon EOS 1D MK IV
EF 200-400 IS L at 376 mm
Handheld

F 8 ; Iso 400 ; 1/1000 sec

Processed in DPP and PS CC ; cropped for comp

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous post

Cheers Andreas

[Ian Wilson]

Looks like a near-perfect portrait Andreas. Beautiful detail, well exposed. I see a tiny bit of 8-bit digitization contour in the brightness below the bird's bill otherwise technically good. Regards, Ian.

[MiroslavMaric]

Well done portrait. It's sharp with a good light. I would try to crop little bit different to get more landscape orientation (deleting more down and a little bit at the right). TFS. Cheers! Miro

[Daniel Cadieux]

Exceptional details, good comp and BG. The eye looks great. Nice warm light you got. For me a bit better head angle would have made the image even stronger.

[Carl Walker]

An expat in your 'backyard' I see. Lovely portrait Andreas. No nits Darg bg sets it off well

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks folks for your comments.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Andreas, stealing our Geese. Comp work well here, and you have the colours spot on. He does pop against the darker BG. Do they make a lot of noise, as the certainly do this side of the world.

[Binu John]

Outstanding shot with a lot of feather details! Excellent techs and composition. Well done and TFS.

[gail bisson]

An often overlooked bird that you have captured beautifully.
The IQ is awesome. Great BG and nice light.
I like the HA but wish for a bit more of a headturn or perhaps a bit more of a lowered head position to get rid of the shadowed chin area,
Gail

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Stuart , Binu and Gail for your comments, appreciate them.

Cheers Andreas