African Skimmer portrait

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I was lucky to get close to this endangered species on the banks of Chobe River in Botswana (image made from a boat). I made this portrait to highlight the amazing bill of the skimmer.
7D II
500 II
1/1250
f/10
ISO 400
Hand held

[Randy Stout]

Sanjeev:

An amazing bill indeed, with bold colors fading to almost translucent at tip. Nicely exposed, good shooting angle. Well framed with nice catchlight.

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent portrait, Sanjeev.
Well exposed blacks and whites. Wonderful colors of beak. Nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[adrian dancy]

I think you achieved what you set out to achieve so job done...and well done too:)

[Marina Scarr]

Terrific portrait and composition. It's amazing how closely the African skimmers resemble ours. The only difference I can really detect is the black on our skimmers' beaks.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sanjeev, excellent close up, never seen one so close with all that detail. Well exposed, and I like the eye level perspective. I do like the smooth OOF BG.

Hopefully you had enough memory cards for all the opportunities you had.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice portrait, it could use a bit more sharpening