African Black Oystercatchers

[Kobus Tollig]

Canon 50D
100-400mm @ 400mm
1/1600 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous (high): frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
Taken In Western Cape
All C&C welcome and appreciated

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the angle,moment,details and eye contact!

[Juan Aragonés]

Lovely scene and I like the low angle, and light angle. It seems that plumage has very few details, perhaps due to processing job.

[Connie Mier]

Beautiful interaction captured, they seem like a couple.

[Ramon M. Casares]

BG looks a bit bussy for my taste, but it still works as exposure, detail, colors, poses and interaction are so nice.
Congratulations!

[Alfred Forns]

Love it Kobus !!! Great exposure and lots of shadow detail !!! ... would love to have seen this one flat on the ground :) Big Congrats !!!!

[Phil Ertel]

Really nice capture of the interaction between these two. I like you were able to capture the image with good eye contact from both birds. A slightly lower angle (if possible) might have helped de-emphasize the background. Although, I did enjoy as presented. Thanks for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good stuff above. I would just add that the image could benefit from a slight "Levels" adjustment, especially the blacks. Good interaction you got here!

[Brian Barcelos]

Very nice Kobus, Double eye contact, lovely interaction. Exposure is spot on and pin sharp. Conrats.

Brian

[Stu Bowie]

The blacks look well exposed on my monitor, and good interaction captured too. The low angle works well, and a pity you didnt have a clearer BG.

[Ryan Lambert]

Good interaction captured here Kobus and exposure very well handled, can't be easy with the black bird and white sand. You are maybe losing a bit of detail on the neck, not sure if this is from the NR/ Congrats on a super image...

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautiful Kobus..loved the exposure and interacting pose of the birds.. congrats..

A little lower angle would have been a Killer.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Very nice double Kobus. Blacks well handled.