Preening

[Tom Redd]

Morning shoot with Sid Garige and Don Lacy on Sid's Charity Avian Workshop.

D3s
300/2.8
2xTC III
1/1250
f/8
ISO 200

Cropped to vertical, sharpened, slight increased vibrancy, cloned out some debris in the water surface.

[Stu Bowie]

Tom, I like the look back pose, sharp, and the light is nice and soft. Well exposed, and I would maybe crop off at least half from the bottom, as the reflection is not clear enough to work well.

[Steve Bein]

Nice timing on the preening.

[Tom Redd]

Stuart, here is a repost with a tighter crop and some sharpening.

[Stu Bowie]

Tom, your repost works well, and the additional sharpening has also put this up a notch. Well done.

[Ken Roberts]

Wow, I love the repost on this! This is a great image, colors are working so well together... Ibis make terriffic subjects!

[Tom Redd]

Thank you Stuart for the suggestion, I think it helped.

Thank you Ken and Steve.

[Morkel Erasmus]

repost rocks it! I like the colours here and the interesting pose...

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Tom,

I to like the repost, interesting behaviour captured and good exposure and detail in the whites.

[Willem Verboom]

Nice work! I also like the second one more but still it is a nice pice.
Willem,

[Don Lacy]

Very nice image Tom nice control of the whites and an interesting pose.

[Sid Garige]

Very nice image Tom.

I had a great time with you and Don in the field. Good company always welcome.

Thanks once again for the opportunity.

-Sid

[Arthur Morris]

EXP is right-on. I prefer the original to the cropped repost. My biggest problem is with the head angle; the same pose with the head parallel to the imaging sensor would have been ideal.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail and soft light. Like the pose and colours. Well done :S3:

[Tom Redd]

Thank you all, especially Sid and Don for the help. I am not sure which crop version I prefer, as for the HA, Artie, I will work on that. :S3: