White-bellied Bustard (Kenya)

[Dorian Anderson]

Same bird and circumstances as my previous post.

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
Manual mode, 1/1250 at f/5.6, ISO 3200
Processed in LR and Topaz

• Canon EOS R5
• EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x
• ƒ/5.6
• 840mm
• 1/1250s
• ISO 3200
• dorian anderson
• Wed, 23 August 2023 8:19 AM
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 (Macintosh)

 

[William Dickson]

Looks great here. Lovely light you got. Nice pose on the bird and the raised foot adds, especially with the other one hidden. Perfect HA. Well captured and processed.

Will

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dorian does look overall , just wish the front foot was lifted and not the back one .
Might play a bit with the BG ... make it darker or lighter than the subject , as posted it is all tone in tone .

TFS Andreas

 

[Dorian Anderson]

Hi Dorian does look overall , just wish the front foot was lifted and not the back one .
Might play a bit with the BG ... make it darker or lighter than the subject , as posted it is all tone in tone .

TFS Andreas

Haha! I thought I was the only one who thought about that subtle stuff. Yes, I would have preferred it the other way, but the bird didn't give me a good head angle on that frame!

Re: the background - the bird is so well camouflaged in the golden grass. I already dropped exposure on surroundings 0.3 to make bird stand out more. Not sure I want to push it
any farther.

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

I know it is very picky , to ask for the perfect foot visibility ... we all know that :bg3:
I would be happy with the image , depending on the number of shots taken .

 

[Jack Backs]

Very nice. I'm OK with the lifted back leg. There appears to be a little motion blur on the foot which would be more prominent if in front.