Burchell's Sandgrouse

[Chris van Rooyen]

Hi guys

Been horribly busy lately, but had a great trip to the Kgalagadi in September. This image was created at a waterhole where the sandgrouse come down in hordes...

Camera Model: NIKON D3S
Date/Time: 2010:09:03 08:42:22
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: VR 500mm f/4G with 1.4x
Focal length: 700mm

[Mital Patel]

i've no words except to stare this magical image. TFS

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer details,pose,warm colors!

[Alan Murphy]

Wow! What an incredible image. the detail, pose and BG color make this one. Fantastic work Chris.

[Scott Frye]

Outstanding

[Jeff Dyck]

Unbelievable inflight shot! Everything looks right - great light angle, great pose, great focus and great background - you couldn't really ask for more. I really like the "pigeon-toed" feet and the warm earthy colours.

Was this a pre-focussed take-off shot?

[Haim Ziv]

No words, just a killer shot.

[Arthur Morris]

Sick! And ditto.

[Andrew Merwin]

Truly superlative image.

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

Wow, what a shot! Congrats!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great stuff Chris Bhai.. thats some focus and BG to add...

[Andreas Lentfer]

Never seen a Sandgrouse shot like this one before! Top class photography!!!
Regards
Andreas.

[Maureen Allen]

A very beautiful image!

[christopher galeski]

well done Chris,magic shot,plenty of detail,nice pose,nice BG,thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

That's a stunner Chris, sorry nothing more to add to what has already been said...although I too would love to know the answer to Jeff's question :-)

[Danny Laredo]

Stunning image Chris.

[john jackson]

Superb. Sandgrouse are speedy flyers and most people would be waiting for the bird to land before clicking. The wear on the primary feathers emphasises the detail in the image. And those feet!