Early morning lift off at Bosque

[Christopher Marek]

Canon EOS 30D
1/800 sec
Exposure Program - Manual
f/6.3
ISO 800
EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Wimberley sidekick
very old gitzo reporter tripod
November 28 - 7:08:04 AM Bosque Del Apache


This is a full frame shot. No cropping. No cloning. I applied a tiny bit of levels adjustment, saturation adjustment and a little shadows/highlights adjustment.

[Sid Garige]

Nice image. If bird was taking off towards the photographer it would have been even better. Composition is working fine. May be a bit of noise reduction on the background.
Nice image.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Nice capture! If this were mine, I'd add more space to the right, and probably take a sliver off the left. Thanks for sharing.

[Ed Cordes]

I like the detail and the water coming off the feet. I agree it would be better if it were flying toward you, or at least looking toward you.

[Peter Farrell]

Very nice. I too like the water off the feet. I also like the light through the bottom wing and overall comp.
Some noise in the BG and one bright spot under the front wing tip.
Peter