Jabiru

[Alfredo Fernández]

Manu National Park, December 09
it was my first day handling a DSLR, things would have gone a lot better nowadays.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34361755@N08/5271555459/sizes/l/in/set-72157625499927879/http://www.flickr.com/photos/34361755@N08/5271555459/sizes/l/in/set-72157625499927879/
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5271555459_1193736647_b.jpg

D60, 70-300VR @300, F5.6 , ISO 1600, 1/500
as usuall, big crop

Hope to hear your critiques
Cheers,
Alfredo

[Randy Stout]

Alfredo:

What a challenging bird to expose properly, with the large areas of white and then the black neck,head and eye. This one would require the softest possible light to have a chance of getting a good exposure for both ends of the histogram.

The image quality has suffered a bit from the large crop, high ISO, and needing all the reach you could get and having to use the lens at 300, its weakest focal length.

He is angling away slightly: if possible, catch them earlier, before they pass your position.

But soon you will have more reach!

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Pretty impressive for your first day with a DSLR; tough expsoure and a flight shot against a varied BG. Keep up the good work!