Spotted Thick-Knee

[Mark Dumbleton]

Took this image after a heavy downpour in the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa in the last light of day.

1D MK3
500 f/4 + 1.4x
f/6.3
ISO 800

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Beautiful image. Guess the image was taken from a car (?).
Lights are fantastic. Really great image.

Szimi

[Ken Watkins]

Mark this is stunning, beautiful bird, beautiful light and a really great angle for the reflection.
If I was to be really picky perhaps the small twig on the right could dissapear but it does not matter one way or the other!

[Kobus Tollig]

Great light and exposure with great comp. Ditto the twig. Well done on this

[David Roach]

All has been said except I really love that eye!

[Stu Bowie]

Pin sharp Mark, and the late afternoon light takes it over the top for me. Cant help to wonder, if he was standing in more water, what the whole reflection would have looked like.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Many thanks for the comments folks! Appreciated.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the light and the angled puddle, and of course the cool bird. Sharp, great light, perfect EXP. Before I suggest that you had gotten lower I will ask: were you were confined to your vehicle?

[Dave Barnes]

Light to die for Mark. Like the comp and colour. Pity you could not get lower.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Many thanks for comments. Yip I was in a vehicle in a nature reserve where you are not allowed out the vehicle. I could have tried but I think the bird would have flown away anyway. But agree a low angle on this would be killer.

[Juan Aragonés]

Everything has been said Mark. Very good image