Male Anhinga

[Oscar Zangroniz]

From this past weekend at Anhinga Trail

Nikon D3, 300mm 2.8 vr w/1.4tc @420mm, f5.6, 1/500, ISO 800, Aperture Priority, Exposure Comp @ +2/3,
Hand held

[Neil Cameron]

What a beauty Oscar! I wonder if a slightly deeper dof keeping that "furry" neck and back in focus would have helped a little. Apart from that the image absolutely sparkles.

Neil

[kostas nianiopoulos]

super killer image Oscar , everything looks perfect for my taste , i just sit back and enjoy it .. well done man !!!

[Mark Adkins]

Great looking subject. Agree that greater DOF may be helpful. Don't know what to do about the bright BG object other than change shooting position. I find it a bit distracting.

Mark

[Lance Peters]

Hi oZ -very very nice.
Interesting discussion about the DOF - more would have bought the BG more into prominence. Cant have both here unless you changed the shooting position.
Could have certainly gone to a higher ISO - 1600 is still very very good.

Love the pose, Good HA and lovely details.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice portrait, love the HA and details, in cases like this I try to put the focus point exactly on the eye so that head and eye would be the sharpest. do wish for a more natural BG. Well done and TFS

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Oscar,
I like the portrait. you have sharp details and good color rendition, I would suggest toning down the diagonal white OOF line in the background intersecting your bird, its a tad too bright and bring my eye to it...looking forward to the next one...:cool:

[Bill Dix]

Oscar - great pose and detail. Granted more DOF might have helped the bird - but I don't know what it would have done to the BG. Diagonal bright and dark BG areas are a bit distracting. I never knew these guys had that teal color at the eyes. Well done!