Red Eyed Dove

[Stu Bowie]

One will achieve fairly good results with any subject against a Pilanesberg BG, and in early morning light. You just have to position yourself to the have the subject against a non sky BG, and the rest is up to you.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 1000

Manual exposure
Hand held

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Stu, a sweet image indeed and that eye really pops nicely. Nice HA, and I like the almost 'cascading/interlocking' plumage, all set against a lovely diffused BKG. Nice texts too, good to have the light.

TFS
Steve

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Stu, this is awesome. I like the HA and eye contact, the super BG (as always) and the details. The perch is nice too. Well done.
Cheers,
Sanjeev

[christopher galeski]

Very nice Stu,good IQ,loverly BG,nice perch and pose,sharp with good detail.TFS.

[Jonathan Ashton]

As Freddie Mercury would have said, "a little bit of magic". Your early starts always pay off, the pose and details are absolutely superb.

[adrian dancy]

Nice light , pose and colours....pretty much faultless:)

[keith mitchell]

Like everything about this Stuart, in fact it would be extremely difficult to find anything to dislike, excellent.


Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful clean image design with great light and background. The layered feathers really add a lot. Very pleasing.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful light, relaxed pose, and that signature background. Lots to like, with no nits.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words.

[Karen Pleasant]

Late to the party....but just had to contribute to the chorus! Beautiful eye contract, HA and stunning feathers! Background nicely controlled and a pleasing perch! Well done!

[Mike Poole]

For me, I often think the sign of an impressive shot is when a 'regular' subject like a dove (as opposed to something naturally stunning like an eagle) gets so much attention in a short space of time.

This is a perfect example, and is what I'd describe as a 'photographers shot' where the light, the head angle, the detail on the plumage and all the other positive features combine to make you forget that you're 'just looking at a dove'

Hope that makes sense - it does in my little head!

Mike

[Satish Ranadive]

Simple, sweet and neat image, Stuart Sir.
Love the layered feathers on look back pose and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Stu - Beautiful image design and wonderful light combine for an excellent image. The bgs you are getting are killing me!

TFS,
Rachel

[David Salem]

Looked at this on my phone a few days ago but now that I'm sitting at home on my 5K monitor I had to comment on how nice this one looks Stu. The HA, the nice perch, the great looking BG, and the killer details all make for a great frame but the raised feathers really makes this one a rock star!!!
Very nice.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Stu, wonderful image and light, colours. Mate, just spectacular. IMO though you have a little too much negative space to the right.
I'll answer your PM a bit later, thanks for sending it.