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    In my previous post of a Giant on the 19th the wing position was not that well received. Herewith the next frame where the wings are in the down position. Taken from the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park

    1D MKIII
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    ss 1/2500
    f/7.1
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    Great flight pose, one mighty bird, great HA too. It could use bit more
    space on the right if you have it or you could extend the canvas.
    The bird is bit noisy for ISO800. Not too noisy but bit surprising
    for MKIII?

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    Hi Gerrie, good flight angle, and I like downstroke of the wings. Sharpness looks good, and he sure looks like he's on a mission. Well captured.

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    I love it! The wing position is much more suitable to me.

    Thanks for posting!

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    This is pretty darn cool Gerrie! Awesome wing pose and BG. I know the lower catchlight was caused by the water below, but I'd still be tempted to remove it.

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    Love the wing position, and sharpness is very good, as one would expect at 1/2500. Well done on a great image:)

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    Hi Gerrie,
    I love the downstroke wing position and everything else is right on......very well done!

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    Hi Gerrie
    very nice.I like the wing position ,BG and the eye contact.TFS

    Asad

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    Great shot!! Probably one of the best of this species that I have seen.

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    Wow, hard to find anything wrong with this. The wing position, eye contact, focus, DOF, BG and eye contact are all pretty much perfect to my eye. A real stunner!!

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    Thank you for viewing & commenting everyone. It is much appreciated.:)

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    amazing flight shot with nice details captured

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    Hats off to you KF king , another stunning image
    TFS

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    top shot Gerrie. lovely pose. I might go with a bit more extra space to fly into, and a slight selective sharpening of the eye and beak.
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    Nicely frozen Gerrie. great pose, details and compo...

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    This is an absolute stunner !!!

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    You captured the perfect wing position here Gerrie and the angle is also great. Lovely catchlight in the eye and OOF BG too.

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