Banking Pigeon

[Stu Bowie]

I joined some mates this morning and went to a local birding spot in Pretoria. It was great to capture these fast flyers again. My EC was set for other species, so when this white pigeon flew past, I didnt have time to reset my EC. The BG is natural, and is a distant OOF tree. Added a tiny bit of canvas at the bottom.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1000
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.67
Hand held.

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet capture Stuart !!! Love the direct eye contact, wing position and bg !!! ... sure wish I had one of these :)
Big Congrats !!!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great sharpness and just about perfect flight pose. On top of that direct eye contact
and interesting BG. Very nice.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Very nice pose and sharp details. I like the colorful BG -it gives some interest to this image.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the 3D feel here Bhai, nice pose and details too...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, sharpness and eye contact. I might only tone down the highlights a bit more.

[Tony Whitehead]

That is a beautiful pigeon. Lovely pose and BG, Stuart.

[arash_hazeghi]

sharp and great BG, love the pose too. just wish to see a tad more texture in the whites.

Congrats, really sweet image

Arash

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words. Much appreciated.