Cleared to Land

[Stu Bowie]

An Egyptian goose coming in to land. This was taken at a local birding spot in Pretoria a few weeks ago.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1000
F/5.6
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent image! Great light, pose and techs.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Good exposure, well composed, good choice on shutter speed, shows a bit of blur in the raised wing, increases sense of motion.

I might be tempted to sharpen the eye just a bit more.

Cheers

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool landing pose and good sharpness. I would tone down the whites on the underwings and lighten the shadow of the bill.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent landing pose and techs here Stuartbhai
TFS

[Nancy A Elwood]

Stuart I love it as presented! Wonderful detail and pose! Big Congrats!

[Craig Brelsford]

Solid techs; compelling shot. Your combination results in just a bit of blur on the wing while leaving the rest of the bird sharp.

[Chris Kotze]

Super landing pose captured and well exposed.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Beautiful wing details and landing pose. I love the extended feet.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Stuart,
As mentioned above.....great landing pose and wing position! I think the BG works well here and adds another bit of depth to the image. Very nicely done!

[Steve Canuel]

Great pose Stuart. I really like the colors here and the look on his face as he concentrates on his landing.

[John Ippolito]

Excellent pose, and I like the way the reflected water lights up the underside of the wings. Beautiful job, Stuart.

[Fabs Forns]

Great incoming pose, with excellent light on the underwings. Love the fanned tail and outstretched feet :)

[stuart wanuck]

very nice capture whites are great

[Stu Bowie]

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

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice capture Stu, like the water reflected on the body and the details! I might be inclined to go to Austen Roberts on Saturday...

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack mate.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent incoming pose and great details, well done and TFS!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you so much Arash.