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Bhushan Dalvi

01-12-2011, 08:13 PM

This was shot during the holidays at Little Estero Lagoon. Unluckily for me the activity was very low that day with not a whole lot of birds to shoot. To get close to these guys with my 300 +1.4 TC I was lying flat on my belly in the mud you see in this picture. When I got back to the Holiday Inn a lady in the lobby reminded her little daughter why safety was important at the beach.LOL.
Device: Nikon D90
Lens: 300mm F/4D
Focal Length: 420mm
Focus Mode: AF-C
AF-Area Mode: Dynamic
Exposure
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1250s
Exposure Mode: Manual
Exposure Comp.: -0.7EV
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200

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Robert Amoruso

01-12-2011, 10:07 PM

Interesting story Bhushan - you must have been a sight to solicit a comment from Mom.

I would like to see more room at the tail. A good proportion is twice as much in the front of the bird as behind it, so when I crop I give the rear enough room so it is not cropped and then double that in front.

Nice warm light. I am not seeing as much detail as I would expect - perhaps you need to revisit sharpening.

Head Turn: You have good light on the face and the bill and eye look sharp - my preference might be not so much of a turn.

Keep them coming.

Stephen Stephen

01-12-2011, 10:18 PM

Bhushan I like the exposure, DOF and slightly raised left foot. I too would wish for more space for the tail.

Mark Young

01-13-2011, 01:04 AM

Nice exposure, the crawling in the wet sand was worth it to get this low angle. I'ld clone out the second catchlight from the eye, but a very nice image.

Bhushan Dalvi

01-13-2011, 03:35 PM

Thank you guys for the cooments and detailed critique.

Robert, I can definitely add space behind the tail. This was a crop from the original which I now feel was better composed.

James Salywoda

01-13-2011, 09:24 PM

Excellent low angle and composition.