American Coot running on water

[Alan Murphy]

American Coot

The Woodlands, TX

D3, 600, ISO 800, f4, 1/8000, -0.7EV.

Decided on a pano crop for this one to show the water explosions left behind as the bird ran on top of the water with those bloated toes. Shot from ground level in evening light. I have a tighter cropped version on my website to show the detail in the bird.

[Jim Fenton]

Great DOF control and sharpness.

Like the pano presentation but for me, the bird is too far left. I might have cropped this right behind the first major running splash and had more room in front of the subject for it to move into.

[Alan Murphy]

Great DOF control and sharpness.

Like the pano presentation but for me, the bird is too far left. I might have cropped this right behind the first major running splash and had more room in front of the subject for it to move into.

Thanks Jim, that's the crop I have on my site. Appreciate the feedback.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the pano crop, the subject placement, the action, the light and just about everything else in this image.
Spectacular!

[Pieter de Waal]

Great action and good detail and sharpness in this image, love the splashes.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent action capture Alan. Perfectly frozen in time and the details are endless. Thanks for keeping up the inspiration mate! :)

[Troy Lim]

Lovely shot, makes my eyes move from right to left...

[Johan Kruger]

this is top class, i like everything about it

[Don Lacy]

Hi Allen, Wonderful capture here I like the crop as presented I feel it give a nice sense of motion to the image.

[Gavin Spooner]

I also like the crop....although it is running out of the frame the wake of water is captivating and is the essence of the image and deserves to be included. Absolutely gorgeous bokah and color of background.

Fantastic.
cheers
Gavin

[James Salywoda]

Just beautiful

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Alan, I like the crop as presented. Very unique. The silvery blue BG is out of the charts. Coot-run-on-water, although common, is a low percentage shot in my opinion as many things have to happen right. This one has it all.....the low angle, bird parallel, sweet BG, raised wing, one foot out, splashes, exposure...brilliant!

Do you use skimmer pod for these? On bean bag, I find it quite hard to execute.