Standing Tall

Thought this wasn't to bad.....

D3
Sigmonster @800mm
F5.6
1/2500th
+0.3 EV
400 ISO
Tripod

sharpened and selectively coloured.

:)

Excellent capture and composition Lance. I like the pose and head angle with a crystal sharp eye...very nice...good show...:cool:

Lance this is lovely. One thing I see is that the white of the head and neck are not quite as white as the body - they have a slightly gray overtone. Did you think about selectively lightening/brightening that area of the bird at all?

And did you hand paint the eye and beak or use a quick mask?

Hi Juie - no didn't think about lightening the neck area - may do that.

Quick mask for the colouring.

:)

Love those long black legs...You really have done a nice conversion here. I do think whitening and brightening the neck and face will make those spots of color even more distinctive but it's lovely like this as well.

Lance, Nice shot,great placement in frame-the water is gorgeous! Great job

Hi Lance I like the idea Might go brighter with the bird so it pops from the bg and might even darken it. Like it a lot !!

Lovely image, texture, and just the right splash of color.