White Stork takeoff

[Petros Petrou]

Image created about one month ago at Kalamas river Delta, Northern Greece. I was looking for some Squacco Herons I saw there, but I only found this guy.

Canon 1D MkIIn, Canon 500 f/4L + 1.4x II, AI-servo
1/640, f/5.6, ISO 320, EV -1/3.

Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Petros

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, takeoff pose, details and setting. It needs a bit CCW rotation. Thanks for sharing!

[Ramon M. Casares]

That is some light... I like the pose and copmosition, exp and sharpness! Agree on the CCW rotation. Congratulations!

[Daniel Cadieux]

CCW rotation already mentioned (then you'll likely need to add some room above after cropping the rotated corners off). I like the hint of splash at the feet.

[Alfred Forns]

Yeah but what a find !!!! Just the rotation All else looks really good !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Jim Fenton]

What a stunning creature!

Just a bit of rotation for the background and it's even better....and I would have been thrilled to have captured this myself.

[Doug Brown]

Agree with all the praise and the CCW rotation. Congrats on a fine image!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the soft/warm light,wing position and colors!!!
Μπράβο Πέτρο!!!

[Sudhir Shivaram]

Excellent timing. The small patch of water droplets at the foot adds to the impact of the image. Like it.

[Arthur Morris]

Lovely light, lovely bird,lovely grass, lovely take-off timing, and a lovely image. It's hard to get anything past Axel, the Rotation Demon...