Yet Another Female Anhinga

[WIlliam Maroldo]

SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO400~F6.3~1/800 sec~manual exposure~Hand Held~1-1-2010~Houston, Texas~CS4/ Redfield Fractalius
the usual frac treatment
comments and critique welcomed
regards~Bill

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posted 2009 BPN (http://avianimagesource.com/BPN/default.html)

[denise ippolito]

Bill, I love the pose and the head turn, Nice BG colors and details. Great use of the filter and the feathers on the body are to die for. I see a couple of tiny black lines in front of the beak you may want to evict before print. Lovely work. I enjoyed browsing through your images. They are all fantastic and you should be very proud of the body of work you have produced with this filter.

[Dave Woeller]

Hi William, Your Frac images keep, getting better and better. This one is no exception. I also see the black lines that Denise pointed out, very minor but visible. There's a real need to have an outstanding base image to start with on these, and that fact sometimes gets lost or forgtten, so I applaud you again for that. I have really enjoyed browsing your frac galleries and your new website looks great. Very clean look to the site :)

[Julie Kenward]

Another beautiful image, William. I think the pose and head turn set this one apart - and then the fract takes it over the top. Beautiful, serene BG as well. All in all, it's really lovely to look at and that's the whole point, isn't it?

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love the pose and the BG and the frac work isn't bad either:):D

[Christopher Miller]

Lovely pose and frac work, Bill. Love the soft BG colors. The image looks a little on the light side to me so I might darken the midtones a tad.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Thank you Denise, Dave, Julie, Jackie! I'm waiting for the definitive word- and that would be Christopher of course. The black lines that were mentioned are pretty easily fixed, and I appreciate the observation( and again scratching my head on why I missed them!
I appreciate the encouragement and feedback on the many images I've posted. Dave's comment about outstanding base images, which is in my opinion what I usually start out with, is heartening. And a special thanks to Julie, who basically got the ball rolling, with my technique, with her use of Illustration Actions a few years ago. And Denise is indespensible! regards~Bill
While I was writing this Christopher chimed in, so forget that part.