Banded Martins

[Stu Bowie]

Taken in a nature reserve near Pretoria, South Africa. These two guys were enjoying the early morning breeze. The BG colours are natural.

Canon 20 D
100-400 L IS USM focal length 400mm
1/2000
F/8
ISO 400

[Geurt Bloem]

Works well for me Stu. Could maybe be a tad to centered.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely image, Stuart. I like the pose and highlights on the eyes and beaks. Whites look very warm to me - I often have difficulty with this in trying to recapture what I recall and what looks more neutral. Tried to reduce the cast that I am seeing.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Stuart I like your original version a lot better, the complementary BG colors are fantastic. Looking at your SS, you could have stopped down here to get more DOF whilst still maintaining a nice OOF BG.

[Glenn Bartley]

Very pleasing image. I like the original post better...likely something in between the two (closer to the original) would be perfect ;)

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for your feedback guys. Much appreciated.