Magnificent Frigate Bird

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi all, one from my files from the Dominican Republic, I was trhilled to be able to photogrpah these magnificent birds! Hope you like it. C&C are welcome and much apreciated!


MarkII
1/640Seg.
F10
Compensación de exposición +2/3
ISO 320
70-200mm 2.8 + TC2X en 185,0 mm

[Randy Stout]

Ramon:

Good exposure, with a very interesting wing and tail posture. I think they balance each other beautifully.

Head angle on the front bird is good, not so good on the other bird :)

The second bird does add some more information to the image. I might also try it without the second bird, and a tighter crop on the front bird. I think it depends on what you are trying to communicate.

Thanks for posting!

Randy

[Kim Rollins]

What a character you caught there! LOL

Captured the bird well. SS was not quit fast enough to stop wing tip but that is not necessary to make a good image.

I enjoyed seening it.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice pose, sharpness and details in the blacks. The other bird would add more to the image if it wasn't flying away

[Ramon M. Casares]

Nice pose, sharpness and details in the blacks. The other bird would add more to the image if it wasn't flying away

Aidan, the second OOF bird is flying into the frame :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Well done Ramón! This is great, love the pose of the dominant bird myself. Andy makes a good point about the flight direction of the other one, but I feel it still gives a nice balance as is. Congrats! :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

What I like about the second bird is that as these birds live in large groups the second bird kinda tells us that... what do you think?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I would have thought that too. I do like that it balances the negative space nicely. :)

[denise ippolito]

Ramon, Very nice image, the details and pose are great! I like the inclusion of the second bird-I think it balances the composition.

[Jay Gould]

Ramon, really like the primary bird. Regarding the secondary bird, while studying the primary my right eye keeps get dragged to the secondary. I think I would like it better as a solo. IMHO

[Stu Bowie]

Stunning light on the main subject, and like the angle of flight. Comp wise, I would maybe make this into a portrait crop, and add a bit to the bottom. If you left as is, I would get the other bird to fly away. Still, well captured Ramon.

[mao ouyang]

Tough call on the inclusion of the 2nd. bird. Either way, I like the striking pose.