African Darter

[Ken Watkins]

Drying off on a dead tree in Lake Kariba, taken just offshore from Rhino Island, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 23rd June 2010.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held from vehicle

F5.6, ISO 640 (?), 1/6400, EV +0.33

[Stu Bowie]

These guys always seem to be very flexible in the way they move their necks into very interesting positions. I like the pose here, with the typical drying of the wings. The darter seems to have a magenta cast to it.

[Ken Watkins]

Stuart,

Thanks for pointing out the Magenta cast, I have knocked it back around 4 points

[Stu Bowie]

Much better Ken.

[stuart wanuck]

nice pose like second posting

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely pose and comp...Nice one Ken

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great repost Ken and Love the pose and the beautiful detail in the blacks. TFS.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ken, loved the black details and the pose. Nice perch too. compositionally, very strong. Light is gorgeous as well. Very well done. Only suggestion is take a tad off the left side and add a little to the right.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

What I like best is the neck/head position. Sharpness and eye contact look very good, too. I only wish we could see the underside of the near wing more.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for all of the kind comments and suggestions. Now I need one in the water, I could then pretend it was the Loch Ness monster:)