Pin Tailed Wydah #2

[Stu Bowie]

It was an overcast morning when I captured this, on a lousy January morning this year. I liked the 'pouncing' flying posture here, and captured against grasslands.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1000
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[Fabs Forns]

What a bird!
Nicely pressed in the frame and BG not distracting, especially where the bird is. Since that tail so so beautiful, I'd have love to see it sharp too.
Do you have more of this bird???? I'm in love!!

[Colin Knight]

Beautiful bird, Stuart! I second what Fabs said, do you have any more? :)

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack Fabs and Colin. Yes I do, and a whole lot processed waiting to be posted;)

[Doug Brown]

I just love this bird Stuart! You've captured a great leaping pose here. I might give the bird a little more room on the right side of the frame, and I'd consider cloning out the dark spot in the LLC.

[Troy Lim]

Very nice shot.
Nice clean BG. Beautiful tail.
Do they fly or jump?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, cant have enough of this species. the pose is awesome. I loved the textures in the Bg a lot. wiating to see more.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Neat pose, it would be great to see the bird larger in the frame but just out of curiosity. :) I might try to get more details in the blacks on the head.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, I think that the tail is awesome. Beautiful BG colors and I like the pose. Well done.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Stuart,

My observation are ready covered above. So I'll just say that I think this is lovely. The bird is fantastic with a very appealing pose. Thanks for sharing.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Stuart,
Great looking bird on a nicely colored BG. Very cool pose and I like the angle of the tail feathers and head.

[John Ippolito]

Awsome bird, awsome "pouncing" pose! Really like the bg and colors in this. Very well done.

[Hilary Hann]

These are wonderful birds and I've never managed to capture them well so am envious here. Love the unusual pose (for a bird) and that sweeping tail is gorgeous. Love the background and am looking forward to seeing more of your images of this species.

[Stu Bowie]

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

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose detail, colours and BG well captured in OC weather

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent Stuart, sharp and against busy BG, tough to get!!! not the mention excellent pose and beauty of the bird!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great moment, and well executed! Lovely background!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Killer bird and setting bhai...

[Stu Bowie]

Chris, Arash, Chris, Kiran, thanks for the comments guys.