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Axel Hildebrandt
03-28-2009, 12:17 PM
Photographed yesterday afternoon, there were thin clouds and the light was great. The bright line on the upper mandible is not a sharpening halo, it looks like that in the original RAW file.
http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/110691145/original.jpg
1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/200s, f/8, EC +0.33, ISO 400
Mike Milicia
03-28-2009, 01:14 PM
Great light, excellent detail, and wonderful setting/background!
Nicely captured!
Would like a bit more room on the right and maybe a tad more on the bottom.
Also wouldn't mind a bit more of a head turn toward the viewer.
Kirsten Frost
03-28-2009, 01:32 PM
Great work Axel - colours of the perch and background compliment the bird nicely. Agree with Mike's suggestion on comp.
Stu Bowie
03-28-2009, 02:42 PM
Stunning light, very well exposed, and this is pin, pin sharp. Leave the comp as is. Great image Axel.
Dick Glover
03-28-2009, 04:36 PM
Very nice, Axel. Looks like enough room to me, and the colors of the bird, BG and rock all go together so well. Super!
Dick
Trey Barron
03-28-2009, 07:22 PM
I like the comp as is. The look and the soft light make this one very appealing to me.
Fabs Forns
03-29-2009, 09:33 AM
I always thought those birds are magnificent and you captured this one just right :)
Grace Scalzo
03-29-2009, 01:38 PM
This is beautiful, Axel. Purples were a target species of mine this winter, now they are a target species of mine for next winter. :) (But I can't complain about this winter.) Barnegat?
Axel Hildebrandt
03-29-2009, 01:55 PM
This is beautiful, Axel. Purples were a target species of mine this winter, now they are a target species of mine for next winter. :) (But I can't complain about this winter.) Barnegat?
I am glad you liked it. It's not too late, I photographed this bird at Barnegat Light on Friday. There are still lots of harlequins and purple sandpipers around, especially near the end of the jetty.
Karl Egressy
03-29-2009, 07:12 PM
Fabulous capture, Axel. Great pose, eye contact and composition.
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