Taken at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria. This lady got a bit closer than usual and I thought that I would do a portrait - something that I have never done before with this species.
Looking forward to your comments
Pieter
I like the soft backlighting, the eyes, spiky hairdo.
I would have been tempted to bump the ISO a bit to get a little more DOF.
Comp is a little snug on the right side, easy to add canvas if desired. I don't worry so much about centering the head in a vertical portrait shot as I do in a horizontal. The slight diagonal of the neck helps it be less static.
Portrait of an Ostrich
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