Flamingo's less elegant pose

[Lorant Voros]

The beautiful pre-historic birds aren't always as elegant as presented in most of the photos....like here, during bathing in a 10cm deep water, a not often seen and captured site. Some movements they do are impressive for sure. I wish for not to have the oof elements in front of the bird. I did not want to clone them out for the water drops.

1DX
700mm
ISO800
f:8
1/2500
handheld, laying in the mud

[gail bisson]

The light and POV are topnotch.
Unusual pose depicted with a good HA maintained.
I don't mind the OOF sand in front of the bird but do wish the pink and whitish OOF circles were not there.
But the action trumps these issues.
I would like a bit more room at the top- gives some breathing space for the "soon to be" extended wings.
Gail
PS I think this needs a bit of CW rotation.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, exposure, IQ, water drops and composition works for me but I could see a version that Gail suggested as well. Excellent image Lorant!

[Arthur Morris]

This one is a stunner. And getting a great head angle on stuff like this deserves at tip of the hat. Love the folded legs too. Did you get some in the sequence with the wings raised and clipped? a

ps: nothing in the foreground bugs me at all.

[Lorant Voros]

Thanks guys for the comments, thanks Gail for the suggestions.

Artie. I have a few interesting images from this session. I will post them in these days.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love this Lorant!! I agree with some CW rotation, but all else looks top notch to me. Very unusual and entertaining pose

[Marina Scarr]

This is one heck of an image. The behavior depicted is so unique. You had a great low angle with terrific light. I'm green with envy!!!