Senegal Thick knee

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 ISO 400 1/1600 sec f6.3
This was taken way back in 2010 in The Gambia

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, typical pose from a Thick Knee when encroaching in their territory. Good eye contact, I like the raised leg, and I do like the plumage detail.

Im lucky enough to have a few in the area where I walk the dogs every evening. I just havent got around to posting them yet.

[David Cowling]

Hi Jonathan. I like the eye, the raised leg and the birds position in the frame. Plumage detail is good but the far BG looks a little 'crunchy'. I like the way that the subject stands out from the background. Interesting bird that I have never seen.

[keith mitchell]

Nice shot Jon looks like you had some strong sun well handled, like the bird with it's raised foot and those almost hawk like eyes, very well done.

After 6 trips to the Gambia can't manage to talk my wife into another, did enjoy the time I had there.

Keith.

[Grace Scalzo]

Pleasing image of this rather odd looking bird. I might try and lighten the shadow a bit, many ways to do this, but I like the Nik filters, tonal contrast module for a task like this.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking image, love the pattern and the pose of the bird.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat bird with an amazing looking eye. Good head angle for the wary pose. I only wish there would have been more separation between the subject and the background.