The Crow

[Harold Davis]

one of anhinga trail's resident car destroyers.

D300, Bigma at 500mm, f/6.3, 1/500s, +0.3EV, ISO 800, flash fill no beamer at +3.0EV. full frame. set white and black point and selectively sharpened bird and ran a small pass of NR on the bg.

thanks for looking. comments and critiques appreciated.

[Gus Cobos]

Doctor Davis,
I like the composition, image and capture...the color rendition is very good the multi-colored background compliments your bird quite well. I like the sharp clear eye and the good head angle...one suggestion... Mr. Bird needs to brush his bill for good dental hygine...:D:p I would clone out the food off of the bill...aside from this, you got a winner...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Harold, Nice details and exposure,might get rid of the tiny tiny xtra catchlight in the eye-but that is minor. The BG is gorgeous!Sharp as a tack!!

[Harold Davis]

good call on those extra catchlights!! i shall evict them!! TANKs A lot!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Wonderful portrait Harold. Just super! Plenty of detail too. The bg is great. Not sure why the scruffy thing is on the bill, but I would remove it unless it would indicate a specific behavior and there was some evidence elsewhere in the frame of that behavior perhaps. Not sure if I make sense. :)

Thanks for sharing.

[Alfred Forns]

I know that bird Harold :)

I like how you lined up the bg A few inches here or there makes all the difference Big Congrats on this one !!!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice, I really like the inquisitive look on that
bird. You just captured its nature.
Congrats!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Mr H - well done - excellent details in the blacks, which is what is often missing with these type birds.
Like the pose and the inquisitive head angle.
:)

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Harold, Nice portrait! i like how you have framed the bird leaning into the frame. The head tilt and eye contact add a lot of character to the image. I also find the background pleasing. Well done.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Lots of details H. Excellent pose and framing.