Yellow-necked Spurfowl portrait

[Ian Wilson]

Yellow-necked Spurfowl aka Yellow-necked Francolin captured in Tarangire NP, Tanzania, 5 April 2015.

Canon 5DIII + 600 mm f/4 II + 1.4x III extender, hand-held from vehicle.
Manual, spot metering, spot AF, f/10, 1/800 sec, ISO 1250.
Processed with DPP4 and PS Elements.

Thanks for looking, critical feedback welcome and appreciated.
Kind regards, Ian.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ian, excellent feather detail here, and the light has brought out the colours nicely. Great eye, great HA, and you have the sharpness spot on.

We have a quite few different species of Spurfowl in SA, but none like this.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely spot on focus and exposure the details are really excellent.

[Richard Flack]

Great shot Ian, lovely detail and great subject. I would be tempted to take more off the top. TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Ian, proves it doesn't have to be exotic to be both interesting and a cool image. If you have the time perhaps a square format as an option, plus I might just drop the exposure in the bottom RHC of the plumages, looks light, therefore a tad more Exp may help balance things?

TFS
Steve

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent light and details. Great call on the f-stop. Ideally I would've liked a bit less of a head turn. Nice complementary BG, but agree about cropping a bit from the top.

[Karen Pleasant]

Excellent HA, light and eye contact. Superb feather details.....even those just behind the eye! I also enjoy the details on the beak (bill?) The clean background, vibrant colors of the spurfowl and the composition equal are great image!

[Bill Dix]

Spectacular color and detail, and the bird stands out nicely against the darker bg. For my taste the HA and crop are just right -- again the great diversity of opinions on BPN.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent pose, DOF, detail and sharpness, Ian.

[William Dickson]

Fantastic details on this bird Ian. Exposure spot on, and what lovely colours. Great work

Will

[Ian Wilson]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments and helpful suggestions on how I might improve this image. Warm regards, Ian.