Moorhen Sprint

[Stu Bowie]

This is what I call an opportunist shot. Whenever I hear little feet scurrying across the water, be it a coot, or a moorhen, I raise my camera, and if the subject is not running away from me, I press the shutter as I did here. I quite like the how the water has shot up from his run, and although the splashes are not sharp, as this was a fair distance, I did manage to get the moorhen sharp.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/800
F/6.3
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool that you caught him before he passed you. I like the raised wings and calling pose and might sharpen the splashes behind the bird, too.

[Kiran Poonacha]

lovely one SB, super timing this and the open beak really tells a story, like the pano frame too.. congrats..

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Stuart,
This is nice. It is great that this fellow is running parallel to you. The streaks in water (waves) form a nice pattern. The water thrown up forms a nice repetitive pattern.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Chris Kotze]

Nice one Stu. Well captured and the pano crop works well.

[Randy Stout]

Nice capture Stuart:

I couldn't resist working on your splashes a bit. Lightened them, increased contrast, added a bit more blue. It is pretty subtle, you almost have to look side by side, but I thought it added a little more punch to the water trail.

Splashes are such strong visual elements, always fun to work on them.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks guys, and thanks Randy.

Randy, good work on the splashes with the added blue. I really tried to sharpen them, but was losing IQ. Thanks for the tip if ever needed in the future. Cheers.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, The splashes and the pano crop work well together. Nicely captured. I like Randy's repost.

[David Fletcher]

This is really neat Stu. Well seen and captured. Like Randy's repost which compliments your vision.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely frame Stuart
liked the open beak , water splashes and pano crop
Randy's repost looks better
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much.

[Morkel Erasmus]

one of my dream waterfowl shots Stu! you nailed it IMO. having splashes sharp would have produced a contest winner :)