Water Thick-knee

[Dave Barnes]

Thick-knees (also called Dikkops) are nocturnal and crepuscular normally spending the daytime resting in some concealed location.
Camera Model Name Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO Speed 400
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/2500
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3

[Betsie Storm]

Beautiful image, Dave. I like both the dikkop species very much, and this one looks good! Like the way it pops from the background, sharpness, feather details and of course the habitat.

[Loukie Viljoen]

Good one Dave !

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful capture Dave with a striking pose, low angle and eye contact. The added droplets of water falling from the beak add a lot to this image. Fine work and many thanks for sharing.

[Suzanne Huot]

Great pose captured ,lovely detailed image and the water dropletts are the iceing on the cake for me

[Danny J Brown]

One weird looking bird - reminds me of a chameleon. Great capture, Dave.

[Harshad Barve]

nice capture , details and BG , water drops adding much here
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dave, I like the drinking pose, and well placed in the frame. Good overall detail, with your usual sharpness, and the trailing droplets puts this over the top. Well captured.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful pose, wonderful detail and water drops add to this image
Well done

[Rob Drummond]

Nice one Dave - great pose and i love that eye

cheers
Rob

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely light Dave! Great action too, freezing the droplets, and the shutter speed is spot-on. A slightly better HA would have been a bonus, but that's a minor.

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments. I will be back in the new year. Wish you all a great feative season.