Taken a little less than two years ago. The light was just wonderful and made the water in the lake a nice orange/yellow. Quite a bit of healing and cloning to clean up the water. Had to crop more off the bottom than I would have liked, but there was too much stuff to clone out there. I may be able to add a little bit of canvas and try to recreate the reflections - necessary?
Nikon d300s | 300 f/4D
300mm | 1/250"| f/6.3 | ISO 640
Handheld with belly on muck
As always, critiques and comments are welcomed and appreciated.
09-13-2012, 07:51 AM
Miguel Palaviccini
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I created a GIF (for fun) to show the cloning and healing that was done. Sorry for the small size, but I couldn't get it any larger and keep it under 250 KB to upload. Next time, I'll try to make one so that it changes only when you drag your mouse over ... gotta learn how to do that!
09-13-2012, 08:21 AM
Sanjeevprakash
I like this,Miguel.The Background really accentuates this Image.Your belly laying on the Muck paid off as this low angle is sweet.Nice eye contact with the Ibis and those 2 ripples in tandem are great.Great Job with cleaning the Image.TFS
09-13-2012, 08:24 AM
Gerald Kelberg
I find these are seriously strange looking birds, but I like the light and the background colour you have here. To my taste, a little tight in the frame - I think I would have left a touch more space above and on the RHS.
Thanks for sharing,
Gerald
09-13-2012, 12:39 PM
Michael Zajac
Miguel, this seems a bit tight in the frame. I like the water colors and the low shooting angle.
09-13-2012, 12:51 PM
Karl Egressy
Great background, and eye contact, Miguel. (The second picture won't open for me.)
09-13-2012, 05:09 PM
Alan Murphy
A great pose, but too tight in the frame for me. Needs room for the virtual feet.
09-13-2012, 06:31 PM
Jim Crosswell
I like the low angle, pose and water colour. Another vote for more room all around. Nice image Miguel.
09-13-2012, 07:07 PM
gail bisson
Hi Miguel,
I am not loving this one!
I find the pose awkward and the bird is too big in the frame for my taste.
I do like the golden water, low POV and the eye. His eye seems to follow me!!
Gail
09-13-2012, 09:02 PM
Miguel Palaviccini
The consensus is more room all around. Will do ... just have to figure out how to add the reflection of the feet. Possibly a copy and flip?
09-14-2012, 10:34 AM
Shawn Zierman
Cool shot. I like how the ibis appears to be checking you out while it is foraging.
The water color is super deluxe. Compositionally, the GIF looks a lot better. A suggestion
would be to just start with the GIF look, level it with a little ccw rotation, then barely crop,
including a fair amount of the shore substrate on the bottom of the frame for context.
Comparing the OP to the GIF, I also prefer the less saturated look of the GIF.