Woodstork Profile

[Troy Lim]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4536848058_53dea1964a_o.jpg

Manual
Camera: Nikon D700
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Handholding 200-400 near a rookery in waist high water. Angle could have been a little better. As always, comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

[arash_hazeghi]

like the details and exposure, eye contact is good too. just a bit less steep angle would do the trick. TFS

[Troy Lim]

like the details and exposure, eye contact is good too. just a bit less steep angle would do the trick. TFS

Thank you Arash. I will try to move back a bit more next time. With the amount of birds the rookery is I was lucky to have some time to isolate this bird. ;)

[Nick Palmieri]

Like the blue BG and the detail in the body. I agree that the angle may be a little steep.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I would add that the HA, although not technically angled away from the lens, could be better IMO. I would also crop some at left to have the stork anchored solidly in the corner. Good exposure, and sharp enough as posted.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice image Troy.
I like the idea of the crop from left.

I am not sure if I am seeing noise or something in the darker blues of the sky near the top. Could be my monitor or something from downsizing.

Good for you to get wet for a nice capture.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you everyone.