Roller

[Giulio Zanni]

Almost straight out of the camera....shot with Nikon D700 + 200/2 +1.4 TC at 1/2000 f8 3200 iso.

Thanks for looking, Giulio

[Arthur Morris]

Way cool pose but I am confused.... What does this mean?: 200/2. Confused also by the exposure data/ISO.... Looks like bright sun: sunny 16 would be 1/3200 sec. at f/16 at the most, more likely a bit darker with a light toned bird in full sun.... Or was is early morning side light???

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome pose, and I also like the perch and BG. Not crazy about the shadow on the face, but the wings and tail are nicely lit.

[Mike Milicia]

Great pose and excellent detail!
Agree with Dan about the shadows.

Would like to see the bird a bit higher in the frame.
This is a situation here centering the bird to emphasize the symmetry may work well.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the pose and great wing spread. Wings have nice detail and I like the bg too.

[John Chardine]

Way cool pose but I am confused.... What does this mean?: 200/2. Confused also by the exposure data/ISO.... Looks like bright sun: sunny 16 would be 1/3200 sec. at f/16 at the most, more likely a bit darker with a light toned bird in full sun.... Or was is early morning side light???

I assumed it was the Nikon 200mm f2 lens:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/200f2.htm

Outstanding pose of course. Would love to see a bigger version. I think a little boost of the saturation would make the image jump.

[noelle zaleski]

Wonderful image, pose and details are terrific! :S3:

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Guilio,

Great pose and background. Light angle is not optimal from the side. I prefer a bit more space at the bottom (and a bit less at the top).

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dynamic pose, image is a bit small to show the details but it looks sharp.

[Giulio Zanni]

Way cool pose but I am confused.... What does this mean?: 200/2. Confused also by the exposure data/ISO.... Looks like bright sun: sunny 16 would be 1/3200 sec. at f/16 at the most, more likely a bit darker with a light toned bird in full sun.... Or was is early morning side light???

Hi Artie, 200/2 means 200mm f2. The exposure was set-up to get it landing, as they come in very fast. This was the next frame. It was taken in late afternoon. I repost it bigger, as requested.

Giulio

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Giulio. It looks great large.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice...I love the pose and it really pops from the BG.

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Guilio, you can bring the effect of the shadows down (lighten them) with a bit of dodge and burn.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Looks even more amazing large! Absolutely love that pose and background. Great feather detail!

A very well done from me!:S3:

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent landing pose capture with super detail. Great perch and BG

[Giulio Zanni]

Thanks for all your comments

Giulio

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

what a nice shot. loved that wingspread. great colors and BG.

I also initially thought iso 3200 was a typo :-)

[Troy Lim]

Bigger version is a lot better.. Nice image!