Taken from a drifting boat in Okavango Delta 28th June 2009
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4 IS hand-held
F5.6, 1/4000, ISO 400
Taken from a drifting boat in Okavango Delta 28th June 2009
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4 IS hand-held
F5.6, 1/4000, ISO 400
Beautiful shot of a beautiful species. I like the light and the colors of the bird and the sky. Great head turn.
I wish the twig in front of the bird wasn't there.
Markus
Markus
Me too
Beautiful colored bird, beak and eyes. Love it and ditto on the stick.
The viewfinder is my guidance.
Hi Ken
I wish all the feral pigeons that flock into my back garden were this colour. Beautiful and unusual looking bird. I think the stick across the front is distracting and the background blue would probably benefit from a bit of noise reduction.
Cheers
Rich
Wow, that is a nice pigeon! I agree about the OOT branch. I love the color balance between the intense blue of the sky and the bright green in the plumage that, by the way, I find with very few details. Perhaps due to cropping or to something you did in the processing job. The eye color matching the BG is a nice bonus. From a composition point of view, the image needs more room at the bottom and less at the right, IMO of course :-)
I wish the Central Park Pigeons looked like this!!!. Wonderful color and BG. The perch is a bit distracting. Also the bird,except the eye, seems a tad soft. May just be my monitor.
I agree with Juan's comments and would aslo like to add that light angle was not idea, also, maybe a few steps back would have given you a slightly better angle.
Congratulaitons on a nice image if a terrific looking bird.
Ramon,
Not wishing to become Crocodile food I did not take the few steps.
I just edited the video taken by my wife and this shows the constantly changing light from water reflection, so perhaps this had an effect.
I too am bemused by the "lack of detail" in the feathers.