Egyptian Goose

[Stu Bowie]

Since I havent been out much due to all our rains and overcast weather, here is another I dug out my archives. Im the first to admit he's already past me, but I just liked the wing position. I decided to leave the reflection in.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 160mm
1/1600
F/6.3
ISO 500

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great colors, love the iridescent's in the wing...Lovely smooth BG as well. This s a safe place to post EGs....Hope to see you at Mankwe this weekend. Im on leave so I will be there. Lets hope the weather plays ball.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Awesome image , Stuart . Lovely on the expo. Dont mind that it is past you . If it were mine , I would have done away with the reflection though .

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:
Impressive full forward wing position.

I would be torn about the reflection, but because you only have a bit, and you can't really tell how close the bird is to the water, I would be tempted to remove it.

If you had it all, would keep.


Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback guys. I didnt have too much more of the reflection, so here is your suggestions without the reflection.

[Bill Dix]

Love the wing position and colors. Sure, if you had caught him before he got past you it might have been a bonus, but then the wing position would have been different. Can't win. I sort of like the partial reflection since it shows him close to the water, but could go either way. Neater per the repost, I suppose.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Stuart,

Great wing position in this one. Love the curved primaries and irridescence captured on the wing. Lovely detail shows the head and eye patch clearly. I agree with Bill and quite liked the part wing reflection in the OP.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent pose, exposure and details Stuart. I like it a lot.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback guys. Always appreciated.

[Art Kornienko]

+1 without the reflection. Lovely shot, movement is apparent, a little past. Nice.