Black Winged Stilt

[Stu Bowie]

Another image earlier from my trip to Cape Town. This Stilt was captured at the same location as my recent Flamingo image, and I couldnt resist the pose. The water BG is as shot from camera. Taken early morning.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/1600
F/8.0
ISO 400

Manual exposure

[gail bisson]

Very nice Stu. I too, like the raised leg. I also like the little feather in the grass.
Nice look at the red eye. Blacks and whites look good and great POV,
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super exposure and a pleasant pose, detail as usual is outstanding.

[Randy Stout]

Stu:

Spectacular legs on this one, with POV showing them off. Very elegant. Soft background shows off the bird well, but still provides some sense of depth.

Cheers

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, lovely pose. Nice detail and background. On my monitor the white on the head appears to be slightly grey, but not knowing the bird that could be the color. Thank you for sharing, Stu.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback everyone.

[annmpacheco]

Joining in a wee bit late but this one is a real stunner, whites are crisp and detailed and the raised foot all so pink. Nice to have the lone feather in the grass, well done indeed.

[Karl Egressy]

Wonderful image of this elegant bird, Stu. Love the light head turn and the raised foot.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent pose and good exposure control, Stu.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Exposure and colours on the bird are spot on!