Greater Flamingo - Dancing, dancing

[Richard Flack]

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Greater Flamingo - Marievale Bird Sanctuary

Eventhough light conditions were pretty interesting, I left the fstop way down and the second flamingo is OOF..... I still kinda liked how this one turned out.
So in a nutshell there is potentially lots I could have done differently but does it work for you?

Photo details:
ISO 640
Shutter speed 1/8000
F stop 2.8
Exposure bias -0.3

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

I was at Marievale last Saturday and saw only two flamingo's, Richard - wonder if these are them? :w3

To answer your question: the oof bird does not work for me. Somehow my eye wants the closer bird in focus - whether the furthest one is in focus or not. Can't wait for the flamingo's to return in large numbers again in summer...

[Simon Wantling]

I like the image - agree with the comment on the OOF bird. My eye does tend to get drawn to be being the closer of the two.

[Grace Scalzo]

I'm with the others regarding the oof bird. Just looks out of place when the other one is so perfectly sharp. The concept is very nice.

[Richard Flack]

Thanks for the feedback Tobie, Grace and Simon. I will put this under the folder "nice try" and remember to up my fstop next time :)

[David Salem]

Nice try is right Richard. Like the overall scene. f14 next time you try this. Keep workin it

[Arthur Morris]

I love the sharp bird and the soft light. The problem with the o-o-f bird is that it looks as if it is the closer bird. Which it is not....