Stretching out

[Lorant Voros]

Taken in Rio Lagartos in Mexico. Thanks for looking.

1DMKIII
500mm
ISO400
f:4
1/6400

[Dave Barnes]

I like the pose and comp.
I think that you have lost a bit of detail in the white feathers by clipping.

[Lorant Voros]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your comment. If I look at the image histogram in Photoshop my blacks are clipped and my whites are ok (apart from a few pixels on the outside edge of the bird.

[Dave Barnes]

Hi Lorant
Ok I did not check.

[Ramon M. Casares]

VERY nice! Great pose, nice soft light, lovely exposure and BG. Congratulations!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, breeding plumage, and BG. I might give it a bit more room top and bottom and might tone down the whites that are overexposed.

[Stu Bowie]

Great comp, and I like the stretched pose. I also like the detail from the tail feathers.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

What I like other than the pose is that the white plumage practically lines up perfectly with the dark patch in the green BG. Congrats Lorant!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Lóri, this is a stunning pose. Lovely image indeed.
I see some blurring on the neck. Was that by the displaying behavior?

Szimi