Diving Pied

[Stu Bowie]

One of my first images with my new 50D. A huge step up from my 20D, so still looking forward to having more fun.
I was focused on this guy to fly out parrallel from the perch. My comp doesnt quite suit this dive. Although I could have added canvas at the bottom, not too keen on adding more of the perch at the bottom.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @ FL 235mm
1/1000
F/5
ISO 400

[Tony Whitehead]

Very nice, Stuart. You done well despite the bird straying from the script:D. I agree more room below would look nice but the perch precludes it. BG is great with those OOF colour bands. The image looks a bit soft, some of this is motion blur. Pushing your ISO to 800 on the 50D should be OK and it will buy you a stop of extra speed or DOF. Look forward to more with the new camera.

[Johan Pieterse]

Great one, Stu. I'm sure you are going to have great fun with the new camera. Enjoy.

[Fabs Forns]

Nice action captured, a little more sharpening around the face may help.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the positive crits. Much appreciated.