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Hamerkop takeoff downstroke in mirrored reflection

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) giving power stroke to take off from a pool of water formed by the receding floodwaters in Okavango Delta. Droplets of water repelled from the outstreched wings seem to connect with the wader's mirrored reflection.

Jao Flats - Okavango Delta, Botswana

Digital image ID: Micheline_Rouquet_20160422_009895

Created: April 22, 2016

Author: Micheline Rouquet

File state: Final

Digital image size: 16.0 Mpixels (45.8 MB uncompressed) - 4000x4000 pixels (13.3x13.3 in / 33.9x33.9 cm at 300 ppi)

Digital image keywords: Birds, Botswana, Ciconiiformes, Flight, Hamerkop, Jao Flats, mirrored reflection, Okavango Delta, takeoff

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