Egyptian Goose

[Chris Kotze]

Canon 40D
Lens 100-400 l
SS 1/1000 Sec
ISO 400
f 5.6
+0.3 step

Your comments and advice are appreciated

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

I like this one, great wing spread, feet out,excellent eye contact for landing pose,drops of water on body. Sharp.

Exposure good. I did try to bring up the blacks under the wings. I normally am not a fan of 'fill light' in ACR, but just a touch brought up the underside of the wings without bringing out noise issues, and certainly added more visible detail to those area.

I might consider a modest CCW rotation, not because of the bird, but the ripples in the background. Its a trade off of the dynamic benefits of the bird being a bit diagonal, vs. the distraction of the ripples appearing to tilt.

My be worth a quick look.

Cheers

Randy

[Stephen Stephen]

Chris, nice full wing spread and composition. I did a quick CCW rotation and crop and found that I liked the original, with the bird in diagonal (as pointed out by Randy) better.

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent landing posture Chris, with the full wingspread. Good exposure on the whites, and I agree, a CCW will work to line the ripples up.

[David Fletcher]

Super EG shot Chris. Great light and tack sharp. Good IQ and details in the whites.

[DanWalters]

Great action. Like the details in the wings and you captured it right before it landed.

[Christian Dionne]

Great shot Chris, great timing, tack sharp, as Randy said, I wish there was a little more details in the dark area of the wings.
Great composition!

[Suzanne Huot]

Great timing and light ,love the intent look he,s giving the surface area just ahead of touch down

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great techs and perfect pose Chris. Thanks for sharing mate. :)

[Harshad Barve]

awesome pose with nice wing pose, expo , BG and sharpness
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

fine pose of a solid performer Chris :) I like Randy's idea of a slight rotation...

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for the advice and comments. Will follow your advice Randy

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great landing pose & exposure Chris.