Patience

[Michael Lloyd]

The title covers the subject pretty well :)

I would have liked to have been able to push just a hint of light back into the head area but there was not time to set the shot up for that. The redness of it's beak is from the back light shining through.

EOS 1DMKIII manual
600 f4L IS

ISO 200
1/1000s@ f4

[Juan Aragonés]

I like the composition of this image and the sidelight, almost backlight. The reds on the billa rea really nice but the head turn is not the best in my opinion. Not sure but it seems that this image could be better if you boost contrast just a litle bit.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The pose and BG look good but the back light hurts this image. Due to the light it looks a bit flat and the bird looks soft on my monitor.

[Michael Lloyd]

The pose and BG look good but the back light hurts this image. Due to the light it looks a bit flat and the bird looks soft on my monitor.

I think I overdid it when I tried to pull the blacks up a little... I don't know. Maybe this is one of those images that shouldn't be du to the situation.