Yellow Bill

[Chris Kotze]

Canon 40D 100-400l 5.6
SS 1/1600 sec
ISO 400 f7.1

[Stu Bowie]

Good job on capturing the extended wing Chris, and like the texture of the water. Well captured.

[ChasMcRae]

I assume from the look of the water this is a pan and great job of focus as it flew parallel to you.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wing position, BG and eye contact. I might sharpen the head a bit more. The light looks quite warm, does the sun rise that late this time of year? You made this around 9 AM, right?

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for the comments. Yep Axel 82 AM. The sun rise at 7:10 and in area were I took this there are trees and we only get good light from about 8:15

[Jasper Doest]

Hi Chris, I like how you captured the action here but there. Too bad the eye ain't sharp and that you tried to fix it by oversharpening it. I don't know this bird, but the beak seems a bit oversaturated, taking away all the attention from the rest of the photograph. Perhaps you could tone it down just a tad?

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice panning technic and it is always hard to get it tack sharp.
Love the vertical lines of the bg.

Szimi

[Dave Barnes]

Good colour, well exposed, pin sharp and nice comp with good wing position.
I think the yellow on the bill is clipped and a there is bit of noise on the wing. Both can be sorted in PP.

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for the comments