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White Stork

by Bob Johnson

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted August 28, 2011149 views7 comments
In the Ngorongoro Crater during the 2010 Tanzania trip this was a hand held grab shot. Bill was out of the truck changing a tyre and I was supposed to be on look out duty :wink:

5dMKII, 500f4, f5, 1/2000 ISO400

Bob :smile:

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by David Sewell on August 28, 2011 at 6:49 AM
Of course you were on look out duty - you wouldn't have seen it otherwise :wink: Great shot of a species we don't see posted on here very often.

David
Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 28, 2011 at 7:02 AM
Good detail on the BIF. I'm wondering if cropping out the OOF animals and stretching the canvas above the bird might make a simpler and stronger image. The OOF grazing animals tend to draw my eye.
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Phil Ellard on August 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Very nice Bob though personally i disagree Phil as i think the grazing animals make the shot by showing a sense of placement into it's environment and so think it is just right as presented :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments
Comment posted by Neil Burton on August 28, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Works for me, well spotted.
Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments
Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 28, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Bob it looks fine to me just as it is the picture tells the story,

Keith. :smile:
Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Johnson on August 29, 2011 at 4:20 AM
Thanks for the comments guys. Phil K, this is very nearly the full frame. I cropped it ever so slightly in order to level up the line of wildebeest, also the white stork is seen a lot in Central Europe and so the wildebeest do place the picture in Africa. However phil K I will definately try what you suggest.

Bob :smile:
Registered on December 8, 2010, 17 Posts, 169 Comments
Comment posted by Joanna Davies on August 29, 2011 at 7:19 AM
lovely image, works for me :)
Registered on May 14, 2011, 21 Posts, 43 Comments