Pin-tailed Wydah

[Stu Bowie]

I revisited some older files from the beginning of the year and decided to give this a go. On this day is was very overcast, thus I had wished for more ss. I liked the curves in this, and the BG is OOF grass. These guys are very erratic flyers, so to lock focus on them is fairly difficult. I remember this male was chasing a female around the grasslands. This is also my 7000th post.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1250
F/6.3
ISO 800

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness, BG and wish the far wing were a bit higher up. I might crop it a bit tighter.

[Allen Sparks]

Congrats on post #7000...a very nice one I think. I like the curves as you mention and the background is good and goes well with the subject. Nice action capture -- I can feel the movement in this with a blur at the edges and detail elsewhere.

[denise ippolito]

Congrats on the 7K. I love the tail and the pose very much. Nice pleasing BG also. Maybe just a bit higher in the frame as suggested by Axel.:)

[Joe Senzatimore]

Great one for the 7k post. Love the detail you captured. TFS.

[Harshad Barve]

Big congrats on 7kth image , killer image and loved tail pose , killer BG too
TFS

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Stuart, congrats on the 7000th post :D
Love the pose and th BG is killer too- very nice :)
Best,
Nicki

[Jay Tan]

Super trailing tail on this flying bird! Agree with Axel on a slightly tighter crop..

[Colin Knight]

Techs covered well....

I like how you managed to get separation between the head/eye in spite of the blacks. Killer BG! Well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback and comments. Here is a repost with a tighter crop.

[zethar zethar]

Love the repost! Awesome!

[Tony Whitehead]

Repost is a good improvement, Stu. Congrats on the image and milestone:)

[Morkel Erasmus]

congrats on the milestone mate...I would be VERY happy with this - I don't have any decent Wydah images...head is sharp enough, wing position noted

[arash_hazeghi]

congrats with 7K post and what an excellent image, sure is tough to focus on these fast flies. well done and big congrats

[Fabs Forns]

Congrats on your milestone and thanks for your active participation in BPN, very much enjoyed and appreciated :)
Great looking bird with an awesome tail!
Good EXP and BG too.

[John Ippolito]

Super capture, Stuart! Like the repost alot. Great comp, BG, and nice job getting all that bird in the frame!

[Arthur Morris]

It's been great having you here. Here's to another 7K. Love the framing and the eye highlight here as well as the bird and the BKGR.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. Much appreciated.

[Kiran Poonacha]

great looking bird this bhai, nice pose, details and BG.. well done..

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, congrats. And thx for all the help you so willingly provide on all my photos. Very impressive and diverse body of work, is yours.

This is a winner. Killer "tail position" if there is a term like that :-)

[Stu Bowie]

Kiran, Kaustubh, thanks for looking and for your much appreciated comments.