Just a pigeon
Ive always enjoyed capturing these fast flying characters, and its interesting to see the varied colours on the different pigeons. This was captured at a local pond in Pretoria. The BG is water.
Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 800
Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held
Fantastic image Stu.
Though i believe you missed the whites at some .
HA is superb and so a great light one wish for.
Just a lovely pigeon. :) If mine I'd remove the right wing tip that is protruding "through" the left wing.
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Wow you certainly airtight him in a pretty ideal position, excellent detail.. Just a slight reservation about composition, maybe lower him in the frame a little?
Good sharpness, and I love the plumage's pattern on the wing. Exposure looks good to me. Can be tough to avoid those jaggies on those diagonal primary plume shafts. I'm with Jonathan...perhaps just a bit lower in the frame would work.
Gorgeous image of a common bird, Stuart. I might pull the pigeon down a smigeon in the frame but I love it as is. Reminds me not to overlook birds I see more often than others.
DB
Sharp with killer wing and head positions. Not to mention great practice!
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Terrific image, Stu. I just love the gorgeous bg, the sharp details, head turn and especially the wing position.
+1 to moving him just a bit lower.
Thanks a stack for all the feedback. Will definately look into moving him down a touch.
Super sharp and well exposed
Nice pose and excellent sharpness. I like the suggestions about moving the bird down and cloning out the one wingtip.
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Certainly not the world's most spectacular bird, but stlll interesting to see with such good detail.
I agree with everybody on the suggestion of positioning in the frame and the slightly protruding wing tip.
Nico, Doug, Ken, thanks a stack guys.
Excellent flight shot. Great head angle, I really like the wing position and the detail seen.
Well done.
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