Bad Hair...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image last Wednesday at Ft. Desoto's north lagoon. Low tide and sunrise were close together perfect for the wading birds. The turbulent water and bubble are from a flock of Mergansers that kept swimming by following the small fish.


Nikon D7000

Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)

1/640 F/5.6 ISO 160, post processed in Lightroom 5, cropped to vertical.

[Karl Egressy]

Striking hairdo and great shooting angle. Love this image, Joe.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a mane, and the matching shaggy neck plumes look great! Nice breeding colours, and I love the bubbling water. Perhaps a touch strong on the contrast, but I kinda like the effect it gave you here. Looks like a bit of CCW rotation could be good. Although you were successful here, I'd look into bumping up the ISO...for bird photography, especially when action is happening, higher shutter speeds are almost always to your advantage.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.

[Richard Flack]

Cracker image of a stunning bird Joseph! Love the bubbles in the water and the bird's hairstyle.

[John Robinson]

Nice one Joseph. Agree about a slight CC rotation and the dark ripples grab my eye a little. No big deal though. Still a great shot
JohnR

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image. You had a great light and a terrific subject. The image looks level to me but it's tough to tell in this case. I agree with Daniel about your ISO. While it may not have been an issue here, it will be in the future. Don't know much about the quality of your particular Nikon gear, but I am sure it can handle at least ISO 400 as the bottom ISO for bird photography. This will allow you to bump up your speed or work with smaller apertures when you need it.

[gail bisson]

Hi Joe,
Daniel has stated all the things that I wanted to say !
A very nice image,
gail

[Rob Melone]

A striking image Joseph that is very well composed and captured.