African Pied Crows

[Roy Priest]

Taken at a waterhole in Etosha, Namibia a couple of years ago.
Nikon D4, 1/400 @ F14, ISO 800, 500mm, 0EV, handheld out of van window.

[christopher galeski]

very nice,like the pose of the two,nice perch,good detail.

[keith mitchell]

Roy great pose and exposure, two together and both in focus, like this a lot,

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Real ripper of a shot with both in sharp focus and good calling pose.

[gail bisson]

Excellent image Roy!
Love your techs to get both birds nice and sharp. Exposure is perfect with lots of nice details in the blacks and whites.
Lovely complimentary poses on both birds.
The blue in the BG really helps add color to the image.
No nits from me!
Gail

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful calling pose by both birds. The light blue line in the BG adds interest to the image I like it.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the double pose, perch, BG. To me the far bird could use another round of sharpening as it seems ever so slightly less sharp that he front one. I could also see a version with a bit more room above (and a bit both sides to retain the ratio) as the bills pointing up could use space there IMO. Well done with the exposure, a very appealing image with nice calling interaction.

P.S. fixed the typo in the title for you

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Just watched a BBC program last night where these guys were eating turtles... :(
Nice colours and I have always admire the size and massiveness of their beaks.

[David Salem]

Very nice image Roy. It all came together nicely here with the two birds calling and beautiful exposure control.
I really like the blue in the background as it adds a nice pop of color and the perch looks pretty cool too. well done.
I just noticed your avatar. Are you a Falconer ?

[Roy Priest]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Dan thanks for fixing the title and for your suggestions. Dave I was a falconer for close to 40 yrs. I gave it up a couple of years ago.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the pose for both and the soft light, good details, well done!