Rwbb

[Raymond Barlow]

Valley Inn Dr, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
D70 / 200-400 VR
1/1250s f/8.0 at 400.0mm
hand held, natural light, slight crop

taken way back more then 2 years ago, in prime RWBB season at a local pond., I was lucky to catch the lift off with enough shutter speed to leave me a decent image... some sharpening applied!

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[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Perfect timing Raymond and and excellent action and detail.. Reallly like the BG but if it were mine I would be tempted remove the two OOF reeds at the bottom. Beautiful lighting and eye contact too. Like it a lot !!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great take off pose and eye contact. I agree with Judy regarding the OOF reeds.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Agree for the OOF reeds,
I Iike the timing,pose,details and eye contact!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Raymond,
I like the composition as is; showing the bird's habitat...:D You were at the right place at the right time...congrats...:cool:

[Fabs Forns]

Hey Ray, good reflexes, the bird's feathers have great detail!

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Ray,
Nice image. I spent a lot of time this past spring at the local lake trying to get an image like this. Great timing and pose. Love the cattail and the ice/cattail BG (I'm assuming its ice). I agree with removing the two tips from the bottom (those things get into every shot!)
Steve

[Mike Lentz]

Very nice, Ray! Great timing and sharpness.