preening black crowned

[john crookes]

While i was photographing some Black Crowns feeding on the charles early one morning last spring i looked up into the canopy of trees to see this one getting a ray of sunshine on him or her through the leaves it was the only area lit up and lasted only a couple of minutes

Nikon D2x with 400mm 2.8 at f6.3 and 1/1000th of a sec at ISO 100

[Taylor Yeager]

Tricky situation. I might be inclined to take some off of the left and add some to the bottom. Good job seeing the moment and capturing it!

~Taylor

[Jody Melanson]

Almost works.....the bird is overexposed.. The leaves in front of his feet are bothersome also.

[john crookes]

Overexposed

maybe underexposed a little but i actually had to bring it up a tad and on a calibrated artisan monitor there are details in all white areas i can actually count the fine feathers on his breast

john