Red Bishop

[Stephen Earle]

7D
ISO 400
F 4
1/1600
400 2.8 + 1.4 conv.

Made at the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg nature reserve, South Africa. I added some canvas to the top and removed some distracting reeds.

[Adams Serra]

Sharp image with nice BG, the blurred wings don't bother me. The piece of reed behind the front foot is a little distracting.

[John Chardine]

Nice action Steve. I have so many of these (not of Bishops!) where the bird is jumping off the perch but they are rarely in focus like yours is. BG is super. I would attempt to remove the OOF reed below the foot of the bird.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely to see a sharp one like this, Stephen. AGree on getting rid of the rest of the reed below the foot. Wondering about boosting the saturation and contrast a bit?

[Randy Stout]

Stephen:
Well exposed bird, sharp, nice colors. I would be tempted to burn in the reed he is launching form, too bright as is.

Cheers

Randy

[D. Robert Franz]

Really like the result here. Cool bird also

[Stephen Earle]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll try my hand at removing the oof branch.