Nesting Yellowbilled Stork

[Marc Mol]

Nesting Yellowbilled Stork
Godikwe Lagoon, Okavango Delta.
D300 70-200f/2.8 ISO400 1/2000s@70mm. -2/3EV

C & C most
Cheers
Marc

[Arthur Morris]

An interesting capture that just does not work for me.... Biggest problem: the nesting material blocking the eye. Also, blocked up blacks and a subject that is flying away from you. The moon is cool. With image like this, doing a 30-pixel or so Gaussian blur on the foliage can work well.

[Marc Mol]

An interesting capture that just does not work for me.... Biggest problem: the nesting material blocking the eye. Also, blocked up blacks and a subject that is flying away from you. The moon is cool. With image like this, doing a 30-pixel or so Gaussian blur on the foliage can work well.

Thanks for the comment Artie, will try some Gaussian. ;)

[Marc Mol]

Resubmitted here, increased detail in blacks and Gaussian treatment on branch.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent suggations by Arthur here and repost looks better
TFS

[Paul Randall]

Really nice shot. My only nit with it is the angle of flight but if you wanted to include that moon there was not much choice I guess. The hint of sunset colour really adds to this image and the composition is well handled.
Thumbs up!!

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet light Marc, and love the warm colours. The moon adds to the image, and good to see him at work. A better angle towards you would have been first prize.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the comment Artie, will try some Gaussian. ;)

Thanks for being open and not taking my comments personally. :) :) :) I am always just trying to help.

Much better with the blacks on the repost and I can almost see a bit of the bird's eye there too.

[David Fletcher]

Very nice work Marc. repost is a clear improvement. Well done.