African Darter

[Stephen Earle]

1D MKIV
500 F4
ISO 400
1/1000
F 5.6

Pilanesberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

[Randy Stout]

Stephen:

Nicely exposed with good detail in the darker feathers, lovely colors, interesting take off pose, like the trail of drops , open bill.
Framing perhaps a bit tight for my personal taste, but it works as shown.
I might sharpen the face just a touch more.

Cheers

Randy

[Tony Whitehead]

Great warm light and BG, Stephen. A little more room would be nice and an easy canvas extension if you don't have it. I like the kinked neck showing the "darting" mechanism.

[Mital Patel]

stephen this is awesome freeze. liked the wing position and the open bill is plus. i would have clone down that dark patch between the wing spread.

[Arthur Morris]

Wow, I am glad that I came back for this one. It is perfect. Great wing position, perfect head angle, and sharp enough. Very sweet. I am nominating it for IOTW.