Egyptian Goose

[Dave Barnes]

Another image captured at my practice rangeCamera Model Name Canon EOS-1D Mark III.
The brown BG is an OOF brick wall, but I think the colour looks natural here? A bit like Namib desert sand.
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO Speed 400
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1000
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3

[Hilary Hann]

I like this very much and I wouldn't have known that it was a wall unless you said. Great expression on the bird.

[David Fletcher]

Pretty neat EG Dave. Lovely details in the whites too. Like the colors in the bg too.

[Danny Laredo]

BG and flight pose are real nice. The eyes look a touch soft on my screen.

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely flight pose with nice details , BG is awesome
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Great colors and pose, the head/eye could do with some USM.

[Randy Stout]

Dave:

Excellent exposure here in some pretty harsh light. Just a little blocking of the blacks, excellent balance achieved.

Like the greens in the feathers and the green in the background.

In a perfect world, I might prefer the bird to be clear of the green background, but it still stands out ok.

Agree about sharpening.

Excellent wing position, and bird position in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Kiran Poonacha]

Just the head need a round of sharpening, great pose, light and species.. congrats..

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments, they are all appreciated.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice shot Dave, love the BG, eye contact, wing position and colors. It seems that there was some motion blur from panning but panning with a 500 is not easy so you did well.

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Arash, could be.