Juvenile Bateleur

[Ken Watkins]

Taken near Lebala, Kwando Concession, Northern Botswana 26th December 2008

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 Hand-held

F6.3, 1/6400, ISO 1600 ( oops!)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice light you had to deal with, and I like how the subject perched atop the apex of the arched branch. An additional round of USM and a slight contrast boost would really make the image pop. If you tweaked the colour of the sky you forgot the spot between the feathers beneath the perch.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I fully agree with Daniel's comment, great shot though, great light, lovely perch, stunnig colors and detail, comp is alspo great to me. Congratulations!

[Ken Watkins]

Daniel,

I spotted my error in missing lightening the piece of sky after posting, I will look into your suggestions.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, eye contact and head angle. Contrast looks good on my monitor but I agree regarding more sharpening and the spot between perch and wings.