Surfin'

[Rosl Roessner]

I took this image of a corn bunting training the surfing skills last week on Lesbos. :)
Hope it makes you smile :)

Mark III Canon 500mm + 2x TC
1/640 sec / f 7.1 / ISO 400

All comments very welcome
Rose

[Bob Shaw]

Rosl, Now I'm going to be humming Beach Boys songs all day. :) Bob

[Randy Stout]

Rosi:

That is really funny. The raised leg is what really does it for me.

Nice detail i the feathers, good exposure, complimentary BG. Perch is a bit big, but it is what it is!

The only thing I might add would be to try and bring up the underwing area and leg to play up the great pose.

Thanks for sharing. It did make me smile. :)

Randy

[Randy Stout]

Rosi:

I liked your image so much, I thought I would do a quick tweak along the lines of what I mentioned earlier.

Tried not to go overboard, but to play up the foot/leg up.

Randy

[Rosl Roessner]

Hi Randy,
thanks for working with my image!
Much better now!
Thanks for sharing that idea!
Rose

[Harold Davis]

repost is better. cool capture, rosl!! love the surfing pose. didnt think beach boys til bob mentioned it. now i got it on the brain!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the tail feather splitting the toes!! Good repost too by Randy. I realize you probably did not want to include too much perch, but I find the comp rather tight (I don't find it ideal when small species are so big in the frame). Yes, it made me smile :-)

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely pose, and very well timed to capture the raised foot and outspread wing and tail. Good feather detail, and I would maybe add a bit to the LHS.

[Dave Barnes]

Love the pose and the feather detail. Nice BG but not mad about the perch.