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Hugh J McLaughlin
06-13-2008, 01:22 PM
Having to delete many images of bathing birds as they come up out of the water after bathing, with only the feet showing in the top of the image, I decided that it was time to shoot this behavior in vertical format.

Nikon D3, 850mm, 1/1600 @ f 6.7, ISO 400

Thanks for looking.

Hugh
Axel Hildebrandt
06-13-2008, 01:36 PM
Great light, eye contact and composition. Good move to go for a vertical. They must be really quick to see so much wing blur at 1/1600s. Thanks for sharing.
Manos Papadomanolakis
06-13-2008, 01:43 PM
I really like the wing position and the composition!
Hugh J McLaughlin
06-13-2008, 01:56 PM
Great light, eye contact and composition. Good move to go for a vertical. They must be really quick to see so much wing blur at 1/1600s. Thanks for sharing.


The wing blur was probably caused by a lack of DOF.

Hugh
Fabs Forns
06-13-2008, 06:14 PM
Smart decision, my friend, I like the blurred wing. I'm always getting the forward wing OOF, so I hear ya :)

You left too soon!
Marvin Pfeiffer
06-13-2008, 08:12 PM
I really like the composition of that shot. I looked and looked at it and tried to imagine it being horizontal but I think the vertical perspective really works to convey the sense of upward motion that you were looking for. I shoot a Canon, but from what I understand of the D3 capabilities I wouldn't be afraid to crank up the ISO to get a smaller aperture and the greater depth on field on that shot in the future. Just an idea.

Marvin
Jody Melanson
06-14-2008, 10:56 AM
I like the comp and blurred tips. Exposure is bang on as well.