Thick Knee's having fun.

[Stu Bowie]

I have been without a computer for nearly two weeks, thus my absence from the site. Finally I can share some more images from my trip to the Kruger National Park. This was late afternoon, from a well known hide in the Park. I decided to capture this hanky panky from the two Thick Knee's

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/400
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Glad you are up and running again.

Good timing on your image. I thought the image looked a little flat, so pulled in the shadow slider to about 15, which helped give the image a bit more bite.

Might consider burning in the lilly pads to the left of the birds.

The females eye looks a bit funky, and not as sharp as his, so perhaps a bit of eye doctor work.

Look forward to more from your trip.

Randy

[Vida van der Walt]

Hanky panky indeed! Great shot Stu. Love the action, both birds are sharp with nice detail. Well exposed and great colours.:)

[denise ippolito]

Was wondering where you were. I like the moment captured and the image looks sharp w/ maybe a bit more on the one eye as noted by Randy. Glad you are back and look forward to more from your trip to the Kruger National Park.

[Harshad Barve]

Nice Hanky Panky here
Lovely moment , EXPO and sharpness
TFS

[Fabs Forns]

Great critique above and nice timing on your part. Environment isn't ideal, but can be helped if it's OK with your ethics. I am glad you had a fine time. We must have been gone at the same time.

[Michael Zajac]

Fantastic capture and the details and poses are nice. BG is ok.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

You could do something with the lily pads indeed bro. But I like it as it's a natural history image in itself. :)

[Hendri Venter]

Moment very well captured Stu. Lovely image.

[Dave Barnes]

Moment well seen and captured Stu. I think Randy is spot on with the leaves and eyes.
Good to see you up and computing again.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the positive feedback and comments. Much appreciated.