High Key Antarctic Shag

[Norm Dulak]

D7000 w/Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 vr lens @ 300mm, hand held
ISO 800; f/5.6, 1/1600 sec; MM -0.33
PP: Denoise 4; PS CS6 crop, levels, curves, sharpen

This bird was photographed en route to the Falklands last year. Despite a couple of ragged feathers, I like the wing positions in this image.

All C&C are welcome.

Norm

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice detail throughout. I would try just a tad more selective sharpening on the head. Also, take off some from the top and I think you're set!

[Randy Stout]

Norm:

I agree with Miguel about a crop from the top. The head looks sharp enough to me, just a low contrast scene.

The tattered feathers are OK for me. Head is angle just a bit away. Not my favorite wing position, but it does show both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the wings.

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight pose.Love the pose,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Doug Brown]

This is a new bird for me; thanks for sharing! Agree with the others about the crop, head angle and wing position. I would probably bring up the darks some, because they're competing with a bright BG.

[Norm Dulak]

Thanks everyone. As usual, your comments and suggestions have been very helpful and are much appreciated.

Norm

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Norm, good comments above. If mine, I'd try a version with a little less NR.

loved the eye.