I warmly welcome every photographer fellow on this new forum.
Thanks Al for notifying me about the possibility to join to such a great community to be born. Great job you did in the past weeks. Hopefully you don't mind that I mellow the strong presence of North Americans in this forum :D
With this White Stork image I would like to wish you all the best for the New Year.
Great Hugs, Szimi
--- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) NW Hungary, Central Europe l July 2006
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N l EF 600mm f/4.0L IS USM l Extender EF 1.4x II
Striking image and composition Szimi. The pose and BG are really beautiful and I agree about a tad more room at the bottom would add to this capture. Awesome image !!
Szimi
Welcome!!! You've posted a beautiful stork with a nice over the shoulder pose. I like the detail and the habitat. More room at the bottom would be nice.....but then if if were OOF like what's already there, it might be more of a distraction. I think I like it as is.
Happy New Year to you as well!!!
Good to see you here. I absolutely love storks...I'll go and try to photograph their courtship this spring. I hope to get back with quality images just like this one. As already mentioned I'd also like to see a bit more virtual legspace. And although there is a lot of feather detail here (which is great), I'd rather see the bird a bit brighter than you posted it.