Pied Water-tyrant

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Captured this image in Trinidad several weeks ago. A lifer for me, and what a beauty he is. The background is a large watering hole shared by a number of water foul and a small herd of Cape Buffalo. C&C welcome.

D4s, Nikon 500mm + 1.4 TC, 1/2500s, f 8.0, ISO 5000, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley Gimbal head.


Geoffrey

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the topside view but not a fan of the bared wire and the busy FG. looks like some of the FG leaves were partially blocking your lens

TFS

[Mike Poole]

Nice bird, but I find the green OOF areas dominate the shot too much for my liking. A squarer head angle may have helped as well.

Mike

[William Dickson]

Beautiful looking bird Geoffrey. Nice control of the blacks and whites, but, as already been said. The FG and BG.

Will

[John Robinson]

Ihave to say - I like thios as it is. The oof stuff in my humble opinion frames the bird rather nicely. The bird is spot on I think. Whites handled beautifully.
JohnR

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks everyone for your comments and critiques.


Geoffrey