Banking Goose

[Stu Bowie]

An Egyptian goose coming into land. I liked the angle in this, and his wing tips were very close to the water. As I couldnt get all the reflection, I removed it. Taken last weekend in Pretoria.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @ 400mm
1/3200
F/6.3
ISO 1250

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

Shooting mode Tv
Auto ISO

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose and the eye contact!

[Brian Barcelos]

Wonderful wing position and eye contact. I might sharpen the head just a bit. I wish the left wing was not so dark at the end. Overall great job.

Brian

[Fabs Forns]

Perfect diagonal, enhanced by the sweet BG. Great EXP and underwing detail. Could use some more sharpening.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great pose, light, diagonal, detail, colors and comp, I am not crazy though about the upper BG.
Congratulations.

[Stephen Earle]

Nice capture Stu. Sharpness looks ok to me???? I might darken the whole scene a tad.

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely pose, light, and exposure. The left wing is not dark at the end. I might tone down the section of BG above the bird just a tad though. My eye kept going back to that area.

Well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the suggestions guys and Fabs. Here is my repost. Blended in the BG - ULC, and darkened the BG too. Any better?

[Kiran Poonacha]

The repost sure works well Stuart.. beautifully executed image.. the wing spread and the eye makes this, congrats..

[David Fletcher]

Super shot either way Stuart! Excellent comp and sharpness. Congratulations.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great incoming pose, light and water colors. Both versions look good to me.

[Morkel Erasmus]

repost pops Stu! lovely pose, expert exposure and pin sharp.

[Ryan Lambert]

The diagonal and angle of flight works very well Stu. The golden water color is really appealing. I prefer the slightly darker BG of your repost, but either one would do.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Better in repost Stu. I like the pose and beautiful water. Echo Ramon's comment about BG up top. Is that some building? Well done mate nevertheless. :)

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Nice pose and the lighting looks nice. I love the angle and the water colors!!

[Dave Barnes]

An EG of note Stu. Great comp and BG. Repost is an improvement.
Good exposure.

[Kobus Tollig]

Great pose and well exposed. Repost is great. Stu i feel that you maybe did to much NR on the bg. Water looks plastic smooth....Great shot mate

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the comments.

Kobus, I just checked the RAW file - the BG is pretty similar to this post, but I know what you mean.