Rowdy Pied

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

He was unhappy about another PK perching on a lower branch. Early morning capture.

MK III
300mm f/2.8 L IS + 1.4x Convertor
ss 1/1250
f/8
ISO 800

[Bruce Enns]

Great shot Gerry! Cool bird, cool perch, warm light, and an open bill all make this one shine for me. I'm not sure but some of the white on the throat and on the cheek looks a bit hot. The background complements the bird well but needs a bit of clean-up LL and UR, plus maybe a round of NR. I like it, and with a bit of attention to those details, I would love it.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Harshad Barve]

Rowdy indeed
Beautiful image

Harshad

[Kobus Tollig]

Great pose and comp. I see some Bg noise and a lot of Dust bunnies. You also seem to have a sharpening halo.
Whites on throat looks yellow??maybe from burning?
Still nice shot. Just need a bit of TLC

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Lovely image and great interaction despite the counterpart is not visible.
Bg looks a bit noisy on my screen. Tone down a bit to avoid hot areas.

Szimi

[Morkel Erasmus]

ditto noise, dust bunnies and hot areas. still a lovely pose in sweet light Gerrie!

[Stu Bowie]

Gerrie, that head sure is pin, and great to see inside the beak. Yep, Mankwe in early morning certainly produces warm colours and super BG's.

[David Fletcher]

Processing issues already mentioned. Great light, pose and action!

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose and detail and lovely light well captured.

[Stephen Earle]

Super light here Gerrie and I say when you have such a nice bg include lots of it! The pic certainly deserves a bit of attention.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wonderful bird.
Love the perch and BG. Issues mentioned.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you everyone for viewing & taking the time to comment. It is much appreciated.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely one Gerrie.. lovely the pose and details in this one. lovely perch too, May be I would try a try a tighter crop too...

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting Tiran. It is much appreciated.