I like to think if this Wood Stork as a older man with a gnarled and craggy face. This guy arrived at our back door in Florida whilst I was cooking some very aromatic meatballs and spaghetti. I am sure he could smell it and was there for a handout. He never showed up again so he wasn't an habitual begger.
A couple of notes about the processing- first I thought the image cried out for a B/W conversion so I did this in Ps with a B/W Adjustment layer. To really focus on the face and neck I decided to crop off the bill, which I did in camera. I am of course interested to know what people think.
Date: 20 February, 2013, Time: 1533h
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, @ 200 mm
Program: Aperture Priority
ISO 400, 1/250s, f/5.6
Exp. comp.: +0.7
I'm usually not a fan of B&W for nature photos, but this works for me. I also like the crop. Sometimes we don't need to see the whole picture to appreciate the interesting parts. I hope that makes sense.
Gnarled and craggy
