Crested Greebe hug

[Tiago Caravana]

Hello,

I've been working these crested greebes, thus that's what I'm posting. I expect not to bother anyone :)

All C&C is welcomed and much appreciated (refleted on)

EXIF:

Nikon D4 | 500mm f4 VR | TC 1.4X | Hidrohide
ISO2000 | f8 | 1/1600 | Manual Mode


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[Randy Stout]

Tiago:

Handsome bird, soft background, shooting angle.

Wish he was turned more towards us and that the near wing didn't block so much of his neck and breast.

The comp works well for me.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

good comments by Randy, he also seems a bit soft and I wish you had some detail in the blacks

[Tiago Caravana]

Thank you both for the feedback. I have these 2 photos with the neck exposed and one with the bird more towards us (it's a vertical crop from an horizontal photo).

Unfortunatelly both have a loss of detail in blacks :(

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[Randy Stout]

Tiago:

The last image, with him facing forward, is my favorite. There is a little noise in some of the darker greens of the bg, not really objectionable. His slight leaning forward pose would also work with the original horizontal framing I would think.

Cheers

Randy

[Raybel Robles]

I'm with Randy, I like the 3rd image best. The composition could be better by cropping a bit from top, but I do prefer this image.