African Jacana

[Marietjie Oosthuizen]

This was taken during barble run on the Okavango river, the jacana jumped whenever the fish disturbed the leaves it was walking on.

Canon 1D Mark II N
500mm lens with 1.4 converter
1/2000 sec, f /5.6
Exp. Comp. +1/3

[David Steele]

A great action shot Marietjie. Perfect timing and a good setting. Well done

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome action captured in this image and good exposure, lighting and composition. The water droplets are a wonderful bonus too. The blur in the wings adds another great dimension of movement. Well done !!!!

[Mike Milicia]

Very cool capture of an amazing bird !
Great job catching the action and love the environment.
Very well done !

[Neil Losin]

Exceptional action! I love the water droplets too. Nice work :)

[Maxis Gamez]

OMG!!! :eek::eek:

Amazing capture... Look how big those feet are... amazing!

[Stu Bowie]

Pin sharp Marietjie, and love the foot off the water. Well captured.

[Juan Aragonés]

The thumbnail doesn´t made justice to this excelent image. Love the action, light and angle. The high shutter speed allowed to capture that fantastic water droplets that adds a lot of motion to the image. I only have just a suggestion: to clone out the OOF reed at the upper left corner.

[Marietjie Oosthuizen]

Thanks for the comments everyone! Glad you like it!

[Mark Schmitt]

Great shot!!!!! What dynamics, here. Drama. I agree with Juan. If not clone out, create a layer and select the OOF portion; feather it by about 6 pixels and then use guasian blur; then blend. Great work!!! ;-)