Egyptian Goose Landing

[Chris Kotze]

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x
SS 1/200-
ISO 400
I had to laugh at this aerobatic landing performance.

Your comments and advice are appreciated

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

This is great fun. Looks more like a controlled crash than a landing!

Great colors, action, expression, and the feet clinch it.

Tight but effective composition.

There has to be a greeting card in this one somewhere!

Cheers

Randy

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the pose captured here.. .

[Raymond Lee]

Great timing Chris! Killer landing pose!

[Stu Bowie]

Chris, our EG's always seem to produce classic poses, and you have timed this one to perfection. Was your ss only 1/200, or is that a typo - tack sharp for that ss.

[Chris Kotze]

Chris, our EG's always seem to produce classic poses, and you have timed this one to perfection. Was your ss only 1/200, or is that a typo - tack sharp for that ss.

You're so right about the EG poses Stu, apologies a typo error the SS were 1/2000

Thanks everyone

[Brendan Dozier]

This is so fun and unique, Chris, very nicely done!

[Bill Dix]

What a pose captured!! Sharp and well exposed, but the magic is the pose.

[Gary Esman]

What a great pose Chris. Like this a lot. TFS

Gary.

[Mike Milicia]

Congrats on a wonderful capture! Fantastic pose with perfect techs!

A bit tight for my taste ... wouldn't mind some more room all around.

[Ron Sprunger]

Love everything about it -- great pose and perfect capture. I would only wish you would show more on the right, so we could see what horrendous obstacle he's about to hit!

[Raul Padilla]

amazing expretion of this bird, you captured a great moment

[Ken Watkins]

Chris,

What a pose, it makes me smile. These are not the most elegant of birds, was it still honking?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Now that's an original landing pose! I like the character it shows. I with the more room group but this works for me too

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for all kind comments it's much appreciated.
I would have liked more room in the frame, however it almost landed on top of me hence the full frame cropped to a portrait .

[Daniel Cadieux]

Now that is a great pose!! I love the palms up feet positions, curled primaries, and open bill.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dynamic pose and details!

[Dan Behm]

Chris,
Thats an Ohhh crap landing if I ever saw one.... Great action, I love it... Kudos to you for making this happen...

Dan