Flamingo, ENP
The Father of the Year making final approach to nest.
D3, 300/2.8 plus 1.7X
Aperture value @ f/5.6 +1 Ev
ISO 1000
hand held
Thanks you for your comments, very much appreciated :)
Twitley Dad comes home!
Flamingo, ENP
The Father of the Year making final approach to nest.
D3, 300/2.8 plus 1.7X
Aperture value @ f/5.6 +1 Ev
ISO 1000
hand held
Thanks you for your comments, very much appreciated :)
Hi Fab,
Lovely wings. The image looks a little washed out in my monitor, the blacks are not as dark. I also find the green in the lower left corner a little distracting.
You did an excellent job capturing this bird just in time. Congrats!
Hi Fabs!
Fantastic pose with full spread wings! Congratulations! Are his tail feathers ragged like that? Looks like you guys found a gold mind over there!
What a fantastic pose with his wings fully spread. Love the ragged feathers, I think after raising young, we all are a bit rumpled, part of the story. Agree that for some reason it looks a bit off in the colors.
Ah Ha !!! Now I know what the Whoo-Hoo was about !! I remember your excitement on this grab shot. Well done Fabs , very well done.
No nits from me.
Michael W.
Sweet wing postion captured Fabs the added tree trunk addsto the comp. and balances the shot. Nice Job!!!
Hi Fabs,
I like the wing spread and the matching clawed feet of this. I also like the way the trunk "wraps around" the subject. I agree with others that the colors look a bit off and it has a slightly flat appearance.
Steve
This is a fantastic image! Great color and sharp as a tack.
Never seen them with full wing spread Fabs. Very nice job.
Great action, excellent reflexes, angle of approach of bird is spot on, so is wing position. Would like a tiny bit more saturation?
fantastic capture, fabs!! love it.
Fabs
You've outdone yourself with this one. I love that wing spread and the and wide eyed look of this one. I especially like the tree....sure makes a difference in telling a story. Well done....as always.
Simply superb fabs - caught at the very peak of full flight. What shutter speed were you using here?
Great shot Fabs, I'm still trying to get a great stationary shot on one of these.
Being in the right place at the right time
When did you capture this, Fabs? I gather you can't get near the nest now? I think I'd like to call the ranger station down in Flamingo and harass them a little.
John, I checked and it was 1600. Good enough to freeze. I was using the ISO as a mean to control the s/s.Originally Posted by John Cooper
Thanks!
Like the pose, excellent focus and detail - looks a tad washed out on my monitor too - corrected it by moving the left slider in levels to 20 (from 0). Also darkened the lower part of the tree a little, would remove the green there too (didn't want to mess with your signature though).
Susan, I understand they harassed some photographers the other day, even took pictures of the "stepped on" vegetation to document our mass destruction of the park. Where they have been the previous 3 month, only G knows... :)
Thanks! It was a great experience to see them for 3 days. Guess you can't get there now, plus they would have all fledged.
Probably the Red Bellies got the vacancy though....
Thanks, Dieter, it looks good!
I'e rather keep the green though :)
That wing spread is awesome, Fabs. Tough to get these guys at all never mind in a beautiful flight pose. Very nice.
The Bird is fantastic with that wing spread! I myself wish that oof tree was in the shot. by the way Fabs I believe the D3 will be a reality got an email from BJP and it is in there.
I love this very unusual perspective on this bird. One rarely seen in a photograph. Very well done!
Paul
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