Good Mooornninng !!

[Arno Ellmer]

A Swainson's Spurfowl greeting the arrival of dawn in the Kruger National Park.
Image created a while back.
Canon Mk III
500mm +1.4x
f/11
1/640
ISO 400
Shot from my car ,using a window mount.
The bg is the typical summer bushveld vegetation of the Kruger National Park
Image is full-frame.Extended some canvas left and top.

[Ofer Levy]

Great behaviour shot!!!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely IQ and the pose is fantastic. Colors look good and it really pops from the BG. Looks like some cloning work (or something has been done around the bas of the feet and perch which looks a bit strange. Great image Arno!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good calling pose, looks a loud one! Good call too in extending the canvas. There is an area of more vivid greens behind the legs and perch that catch my eye...perhaps you could tweak the remainder of the BG to match.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arno, what a pose. Loved this one...BG, shooting angle and IQ are excellent. With light from your right, the bird angled this way works perfectly.

Eye is a bit hazy. nictitating membrane?

[Wynand van Wyk]

O yes, stunning image captured! Love the beautiful Kruger background and pose. I like it a lot.

A super image, well captured!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Superb specie, pose, perch and bg.
Love it!

[Arno Ellmer]

Lovely IQ and the pose is fantastic. Colors look good and it really pops from the BG. Looks like some cloning work (or something has been done around the bas of the feet and perch which looks a bit strange. Great image Arno!

Thanks Dumay,much appreciated.
The funnies on the log are oof grass blades in front and behind the log.I was in two minds to either leave as is or to clone out.I suppose it would be better to do some cloning.Also the different shades of green ,near the legs(as shot),could do with some cleaning up.

[Arno Ellmer]

Good calling pose, looks a loud one! Good call too in extending the canvas. There is an area of more vivid greens behind the legs and perch that catch my eye...perhaps you could tweak the remainder of the BG to match.

Thanks for your comments,Daniel.
Yes, I was in two minds about this as well as the oof blades of grass in front and behind
the log ,which blur the perch.I agree that it needs some cleaning up.

[Arno Ellmer]

Arno, what a pose. Loved this one...BG, shooting angle and IQ are excellent. With light from your right, the bird angled this way works perfectly.

Eye is a bit hazy. nictitating membrane?

Yes ,Kaustubh,nictating membrane , as shot.Would have wished for a bright, wide open eye.
Thanks for the comments.

[Loukie Viljoen]

Arno when they put their heart into a call the eye closes I had a similar one up all complained about closed eye good shot, regards Loukie

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely calling pose and nice details! great light too

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent detail and pose. Well captured and super exposure

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you all for the constructive comments! Always welcome and appreciated.