Lunching with my Limpkin friend...

[David Roach]

EOS R6 RF 100-500 @500 f7.1 1/1300 ISO 2000 HH, Manual EXP, slight crop for composition

Saw this same bird on my bike rides for several days working the same spot. Must be a huge bed of these juicy mollusks there. I knew preferred spot to get the prize in the shallows as well as where the opening and eating would occur on shore. Brought camera this time and setup behind a lakeside coffee plant and low hanging cypress branch. Yes, I was this close as this young limpkin brought up and ate a few of these morsels.

Thanks as always for very valued inputs and help on previous posts.

[Wayne Niz]

Hey David

Absolutely perfect exposure and stunning detail, very pretty bird too. Only wish that the tail of the bird and feet were in the pic. But stunner of a capture the R6 and 100-500 working nicely there, well done

[Brian Sump]

David, I really like this man.

Beautiful textures and tones in the subject and super sharp. Love how the foliage frames the head and beak and the food in mouth adds. Enjoy the magentas included in the grass below. WB looks really good to me at a glance.

Some might nit about the maroon oof object above the back but I could live with it. Only nit is it appears there may be a masking remnant in between the opening the in beak as it goes abruptly from dark to light green?

[William Dickson]

Really like this one David...Looks so natural, and the colours are nice...Good feather detail and POV...Although the legs and tail are cut off, the crop works for me.

Will

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi David, the crop kind of works but for me, it's not great/ideal, as the tail & legs are cut off. For me, when you do something like this you should go tighter, neck head and that lovely bill, so next time pop on the 1.4 and shoot portrait. Having the snail is really cool and you have some gorgeous detail in the eye & bill, sharpening looks good too. Get the shots you want, then if time allows look at other options, small in frame - more habitat, tight in frame - detail...

TFS
Steve

[John Mack]

I could see this either tighter or wider. No in between really.