Yellow-Billed Stork

[Loukie Viljoen]

Taken in KNP, breeding colors just starting to show
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:10:04 08:21:01
Shutter speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 500mm

[Alfred Forns]

Good looking bird !!! Would like to see the image a little lighter in general and maybe smooth out the bg I like the pose and eye contact !!!

[Stephen Stephen]

Loukie nice bird here. If it weren't for thefoliage in the lower right I might have though that you had desaturated everything here but the bird's colours.

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice shot, Loukie. I like the pose with the leg forward and the head angled. Agree with Al regarding lightening the image - a little + exp comp may have been good. I would clean out the bright reflectoipn from teh water that is touching the bird's left (viewer's right) leg.

[Loukie Viljoen]

I noticed the problems the white spot etc just too late, I had pressed the button, I tried to jazz it up with curves and bright/contrast. Hope it is better.

[Tony Whitehead]

Repost a good improvment, Loukie. Just careful not to take a bite out of the back of the leg when patching out the bright spot