Water Thick-Knee

[lee bothma]

Captured in the Kruger National Park in december, Pose is very simple but i liked the end result, all comments and crits welcome

Canon EOS7D
Canon 300mm f/4L IS @ 300mm
ISO 1000
f4.5
1/320sec
Flash-430EX

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the HA, sharpness and perfect BG for this bird. Well done!

[Deborah Hanson]

Great image with low angle approach. Details on face are sharp - eye a bit dark, but don't know the bird so might be true to what is there. Background is good. I think the pose is very nice - simple is often the best, I think.
You must have been close.
I don't know much about flash - so I will ask if the sparkles are from flash or water or both. I might be tempted to tone them down but not sure if that would alter what you want to show from the image.

Deb

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very striking image and composition.. Love the low angle and the touches of grasses in the FG. Sharp and a very pleasing pose with excellent eye contact. Like this a lot Lee and thanks for sharing.

[Katie Rupp]

A beautiful bird well-captured with that low angle, complimentary bg and grasses and I love that eye.

[John Chardine]

Really super portrait Lee. The background and foreground are great and the image is very sharp. For my taste I would give a little more room at the top.

[lee bothma]

thank you for the comments and advice folks, much appreciated;)