Anhinga preening

[Joel Eade]

Circle B preserve near Lakeland Florida

1DX
500mm f/4L Version I + 1.4 TC II hand held
Manual mode
ISO 4000
1/80
f/7.1

[Randy Stout]

Joel:

The slow shutter speed gave an interesting 'painterly' effect the water, but perhaps a bit too much motion of the bill.

I would also consider toning down the brightest white areas on the left.

The curve of the neck and its incline in the frame is nice.

Cheers

Randy

[Lyle Gruby]

Nice preening pose, the motion blur in the beak doesn't bother me too much. I find the background pulling my attention away, there's a couple bright spots and there appears the be a PP effect overlaid. I wouldn't think 1/80 would blur water that much. The relatively low noise for ISO 4000 is extremely impressive. The 1DX seems to be truly spectacular. You must have been shooting in the dark!