Happy New Year from NZ where 2009 has now officially started! Thanks to all for the hard work that has made BPN such a huge success and here's to learning even more in the coming year.
This image from Sept 2008 in South Africa
Nikon D300
Nikon 200-400@400mm
ISO 800, 1/800s f 6.3
Home made ground-pod - angle finder.
Fantastic low angle and straight-on walking pose. The details on the plumage look great. I would explore lightening the catchlight in the eyes, especially the one to our right. Happy New year to yout oo Tony (we still have 17 hours to go!!)
Happy new year Tony. Here we are still on 2008 so, technically, I am writing from the past to a person in a different year. Hope everything works fine in the future :D:D:p
Superb low angle and composition, simple but very effective. I like a lot this image and I only thing about a way to improve and that is to increasing the saturation of the blues/reds in the face of the fowl. Very well done and see you here when I arrive to 2009
Great low angle and nice DOF. I like the raised foot. Agree about boosting saturation in the head. Might remove the rust-colored spot on the bottom left of the image. Thanks for all your hard work Tony!
You did extremely well here - I know how quickly these guys walk. To get the head sharp and body sharp is outstanding, and the low perspective is spot-on. The background is also beautifully OOF. A very well done from me!
Helmeted Guineafowl
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