Willet-extreme crop

[arash_hazeghi]

Couldn't get very close, this is almost a 100% crop so it can't get any tighter :D it is slightly walking away from the camera plane but there is a slight head turn towards the camera which I thought will make up for it. Hope I won't get busted by HA police here.

http://www.stanford.edu/~ahazeghi/Photos/birds/willet%20small.jpg

D700 + 300 f/4 AF-S + 1.4X TC f/7.1 1/1250sec -1/3EV ISO 500 sw: NX 2.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Very sharp for such a heavy crop, espectually the feathers details, did you use NX2 for sharpen? I don't mind about the walking away and HA, looks like it is searching for something. Good muddy environment capture and nice low angle too.

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

Nice image for such a big crop, Like the HA you can still see his eye, Maybe just sharpen the eye a little more, the feather detail is good, like the light and nice low angle. Great job:)

[Lance Peters]

Hi - Looks good for 100% crop - HA is OK with me, head is still angled towards the camera. I might crop some from the top and the LHS, As it stands the eye is almost dead centre of the frame.
Like the low angle.
Good show.
Keep em coming :)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Arash,
I like the capture...I too would like to see your subject more off centered, you might crop 1/4 from the right side of the frame and add canvas to the left side and selective sharpen the eye a tad more...:cool: