The Exhibitionist

[Ian Mason]

1D2n, 600mm f4 is, 1/320s, f6.3, iso 400. Fill flash -2.33. Setting sun and light rain. Full frame with a sliver of added canvas to correct rotation.

I got lucky with this chick. He had left the family group and was moving slowly towards me. As I was preparing, he briefly adopted this pose. The lighting was awesome that evening. Comments and critique are very much appreciated.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool light, great angle and sharpness. I would only remove the noise in the water and BG. The color noise is surprisingly strong at ISO 400.

[Ian Mason]

Very cool light, great angle and sharpness. I would only remove the noise in the water and BG. The color noise is surprisingly strong at ISO 400.

Axel

I agree with you, and I don't know the reason. The noise isn't as obvious in the original tiff, or in print.
I presume it is a result of my conversion for web presentation?

Ian

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel

I agree with you, and I don't know the reason. The noise isn't as obvious in the original tiff, or in print.
I presume it is a result of my conversion for web presentation?

Ian

I'm not sure, either. It almost looks as if you sharpened the entire image and not just the bird.

[Scott Frye]

Great shot -- nice and low angle and I the catchlight -- which to me is hard to get on a headon

[denise ippolito]

Another beautiful image Ian. The pose w/ the little wings is priceless. Beautiful light and well exposed w/ fantastic details.Congrats!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ian...this is a very beautiful addition to your fantastic series. I loved the water in this one...if not for the ripples, it could have been mistaken for ice. Loved the tight crop. And its so so sharp. Keep 'em coming.

KD

[Danny Laredo]

This is really nice. Love the pose and Bg. image does need some noise reduction.

[Rich Steel]

Hi Ian

I recognise this photo as one that was highly commended in the BWPA Competition. Many congratulations. Great light, angle and pose which all add up to a fine image. As mentioned the background is showing some noise.

Cheers

Rich

[Attila Seprenyi]

I like this really much. The low angle excellent sharpness the pose, comp all make it. Well done.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful image the light and pose are fantastic.

[Lorant Voros]

Fantastic low angle, pose, colors, soft light, BG, detail. Have I mentioned that it is super cute as well. One more great image, Ian. Congratulations.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Techs aside, I love this image!!! The wings are just tooooo cute! Great sharpness and lovely BG.

[Simon Bennett]

Superb image Ian, cute subject, detail, setting lights - it's got it all.

[Ian Mason]

Thanks for all the lovely comments. I'm annoyed with myself for not correcting the background for presentation, so here's a repost after a bit of noise reduction. I'm still not entirely happy with it, but the original is fine - honest!

[Aidan Briggs]

Love the low angle, sweet light, and BG. Repost is even better

[Arthur Morris]

Simply superb and great job with the repost. Those raised wing buds are too much.

[Sid Garige]

Excellent comp and perfect timing. Details are wonderful.

[Dave Phillips]

have never seen this pose before, repost much improved bg.
All details wet/dry are superb for my taste......wonderful

[Harshad Barve]

wonderful image with great light , expo and details
TFS

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition. I love the low angle, light and details. Great bg.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great image Ian, loved the pose, great angle, good details, Congrats...

[Bryan Hix]

Keep them coming Ian. This could be my favorite of the pond series.

[David Fletcher]

Sublime Ian. Repost takes it up several notches. Very well done.