Giant with catch

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Taken late afternoon from Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park.

1D MKIII
600mm f/4 + 2x convertor
f/8
ISO 640

[David Fletcher]

Image not showing Gerrie. ;)

[David Fletcher]

Nailed it! That's nice!!!! Love the details too and fish a big plus.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good sharpness, angle and head angle(s). I find the perch a bit overpowering and wish for a smaller one in case this is a setup.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the soft light and warm colours Gerrie, and thats a fair size catch for the giant. Well captured.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting Dave, Axel & Stu. It is much appreciated.

The perch is natural Axel. Photographers that are familiar with the Mankwe hide, like Stuart, Hendri, Jan & Loukie will immediately recognize the perch as one of the branches of a large dead tree in front of the hide.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Too bad it chose such a big perch, but great catch by both you and the KF. Always a bonus and much more powerful when the catch is facing us! I would actually darken the pupil of the fish.

[Tony Whitehead]

Beautiful male, Gerrie. HA and catch really great. I like the way the low warm light is even illuminating inside his mouth. May be an option to reduce some of the specular highlights on the bill. I would probably remove the lower of the 2 catchlights in the eye. If this were mine, I would have a big print on the wall - great job.

[Ofer Levy]

I love this. See no problem with the perch.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved this, nice setting, good light, HA and pose and sure the big catch puts it over the top.. congrats..

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Super work Gerrie! Love the perch and light. Catch is the bonus! :)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting guys. It is much appreciated.

[Nagesh Mula]

This is simply **** good. Congrats!!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting Nakesh. It is much appreciated.