Anhinga with nesting material

[allanrube]

It was the time of year last week to be working on getting the nest in tip-top shape.

D300s 600mm 1/640 f6.3
iso 450 +1 EC

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[Bryan Hix]

I really like this with the branch in the bill. The crop works too, but I am thinking the WB needs to be adjusted as the whole thing has a yellowish cast to it.:S3:

[Mike Landwehr]

What a wonderful image! I don't recall ever seeing an anhinga with nesting material perched away from the nest. I love the balance of the composition, the sharpness of the head, the head angle, the open beak, and the touch of green in the nesting material. I agree that the image appears to have a yellowish cast, but rather like the warmth provided by a light yellow background rather than a stark white background.

[Randy Stout]

Allan:

Interesting perch, delicate nesting material which doesn't block the body, sharp, well exposed.


On my work monitor I don't find the color balance objectionable.

Cheers

Randy

[Ofer Levy]

Great pose and the delicate branch is lovely! You did very well with the challenging light. I see quite a lot of noise on the bird.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail captured. Like the building material. IMG is well exposed with good colour :S3:

[Arthur Morris]

Why are you posting a painting? (I thought that this was a photography site...) :) Killer loverly.

Where?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome pose, perch, and branch. Comp is wonderful too...very artistic image. With the colour noise apparent on the plumage did you need to lighten the blacks? I also find the WB a bit too yellow. Great stuff overall:c3:

[denise ippolito]

Allan, This is beautiful. Is it from Green Cay? I like the branch and the pose very much.

[allanrube]

Thanks for the comments. I think this was my favorite image from my trip.

I used noise reduction on the background. Daniel, I did lighten the image in pp.


Denise, it is from Viera Wetlands.

WB - well, it was early morning and it look like what I saw.

[arash_hazeghi]

pose is great but I see a lot of noise. was this underexposed and then raised in post?

[allanrube]

pose is great but I see a lot of noise. was this underexposed and then raised in post?

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