Diving Pied

[Stu Bowie]

I experimented here by using shutter priority, to capture the moment of take off and keep it sharp. I set the ss to 1/1600, and ISO to auto. At the moment of taking the shot, the camera set the F stop, and set the ISO to suit the light at that particular moment. I liked the spread of the wings, and its amazing how well shaped they are from the instant of take off.


Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @400mm
1/1600
F/5.6
ISO 1000

Hand held.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love that AMAZING pose! Eye contact is great and all that room arround works very well IMO, whites seems a bit hot, but I don't care with SUCH a pose!! Congratulations!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Perfect pose! The wing position and place of head between them is excellent. I also like the perch still showing. Beautiful image :-)

[Rene Quenneville]

great job. WoW! Superb composition and bird position.

[Bruce Enns]

Stunning image Stuart! Great pose and head angle, direct eye contact, simple perch and buttery background. Truly fabulous. Very very well done.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Charl Steyn]

Very nice and sharp capture, Stuart. One of my favourite birds. Thanks for sharing it.

[bill kominsky]

Agree with all of the above Stuart, very nicey done.

Bill

[Mike Lentz]

Another vote for nicely done!

[Fabs Forns]

Fantastic capture in a great set-up. Congratulations!

[Tony Whitehead]

It's all be said above, Stuart. Well done on a great image.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Stuart,
Superb image. Love the composition, and the action is well captured. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[christopher galeski]

great flight shot stuart,thanks.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words.