Yellow Billed Stork

[Roman Kurywczak]

Took this on my Tanzania tour. Loved the dark BG as it made the stork stand out.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the Sigma 300-800 @ 610mm at f6.3 and 1/3200 sec. and ISO 800. Cleaned up water specs.

[kevinmat]

Top image Roman, sounds as though your trip to Tanzania gave some good opportunities. Nice pose, good exposure and detail - and colors are just great. The little drop of water is a plus.

[D. Robert Franz]

Excellent Roman.. Subject really stands out here. Glad that mk3 worked out for you......

[Bill Dix]

Fantastic colors, including the subtle pink, stand out beautifully against the dark bg. Wonderful shot.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Roman, great close up, with good sharp detail. Love the single falling droplet. Im not sure if you aware, but the pinkish colours on the wings, shows he is in breeding colours.

[Manjesh Lingamurthy]

Beautiful details on the bird. Did you use any fill flash?

Manjesh

[Roman Kurywczak]

Thanks all! No flash Manjesh.

[Randy Stout]

Roman:

sure is a lot prettier than our wood storks.

Sharp, nice light, really pops off dark background.
The drop is nice, and the ripples even more so.

Just for my tastes, needs a bit more room top and bottom. I know, I know, we have done this particular dance before:D:D

Randy