Exuberance

[Fabs Forns]

Thia male Anhinga was enjoying the late afternoon light and thinking how good life is! Full frame.

Date: 3/27/09
Time: 5:21:01 PM
Model: NIKON D3
Firmware: Ver.2.00
Frame #: 9734
Lens (mm): 700
ISO: 800
Aperture: 8
Shutter: 1/500
Exp. Comp.:
Flash Comp.:
Program: Manual
Focus Mode: AF-C
White Bal.: AUTO
ICC Profile: sRGB Profile

[Alfred Forns]

You nailed this one Fabs ... behavior, bg, crop and a smoking bird !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, details, exposure control and BG.

[Karl Egressy]

Great portrait shot with nice background. Love the open beak.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great light, HA, yawn, and I love those streaks in the head plumage. Super portrait Fabs. :)

[Stu Bowie]

Pin, pin sharp, against an amazing coloured BG. I feel the OOF wing doesnt add to the image, and I would maybe crop it out Fabs.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Nice! Quite an irrational exuberance I would say...:)

Cheers, Ilija

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terrific! Great moment captured Fabs! I love it, I would try croping from the bottom to eliminate the OOF wing as I find it s little bit distracting, still, great, GREAT shot, BG, light, pose, detail, exposure, all is great IMO. COngratulaitons!
I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty to retouch the shot and remove the wing :)

[Sid Garige]

I like the DOF on this Fabs. Very nice work.

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific! Great moment captured Fabs! I love it, I would try croping from the bottom to eliminate the OOF wing as I find it s little bit distracting, still, great, GREAT shot, BG, light, pose, detail, exposure, all is great IMO. COngratulaitons!
I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty to retouch the shot and remove the wing :)

Thanks, Ramon, Someone else had the same idea, but I think the wing connect the head to the missing body.
Of course, all subjective :)

Thanks, everyone!

[Kobus Tollig]

I like it loads as is and agree with fabs. Great exposure detail and bg well done

[Judd Patterson]

The moment was fleeting and you captured it so perfectly!! I can't get enough of the open beak and all the details from the flap of skin below the mouth to the breeding plumage on the head. Excellent job.