Fairy Martin

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Picking up mud from puddle on ground. Captured from car. 30D, 300/4L IS and 1.4x, ISO 250, 1/200th, f/8 almost full frame

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the head angle, details and exposure control and might crop a bit off the bottom.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice image Ákos. Love the colors on this.
Bit centered image. :)

Szimi

[Fabs Forns]

Nice little critter, soft light. I'd get rid of the magenta chromatic aberration in the catch light.

[Simon Bennett]

Good job to get this close- I like the pose and eye contact.

[Rob Drummond]

Nice head turn and detail Akos.

cheers Rob

[Wayne Ellis]

Nicely captured mate

[Leo Berzins]

A wonderful opportunity well captured, Ákos. Great pose and details. The muddy bill also makes the image informative.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks for the honest and constructive feedback folks. :) I will find my one with the three amigos within the frame. Don't think I posted that yet. Here is the link...

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto Axel but note to Gyorgy; the subject is not centered; there is three to four times more space from the bill tip to the frame edge than from the tail tip to the frame edge.

Love the look-bakc head angle.

[Laura Hughes]

Beautiful bird and details, would love to see a lower angle but he probably wouldn't have tolerated that, very nice image tho

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Beautiful bird and details, would love to see a lower angle but he probably wouldn't have tolerated that, very nice image tho

Thanks Laura
I would have liked a lower angle too. I used my car as hide and being short on focal length to get a decent size image I had to remain rather close sadly which was about 15 feet or so. 420mm is just too short. :(