A Klingon at Alafia?

[Doug West]

This was captured off James Shadle's boat. I remarked to James that the
wing position of this Great Blue reminded me of a Klingon battleship :)

I love seeing this bird just inches above the water.

I apologize ahead of time if the color might seem off on your monitors.
I'm doing this from my laptop while I'm in Texas.

Tech:

Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Lens: 600 (non/IS) with the 1.4x.
Shutter: 1/8000
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 800
Exp. Comp: -2/3

Doug

[Jim Poor]

Hi Doug. I like it. The wing position is cool. The color doesn't seem to off, just a touch blue maybe.

[Doug West]

There is a lot of blue in there :)

Thanks,
Doug

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose, details and colors look good here. Maybe a tad more room right and bottom.

[Robert Amoruso]

Doug,

I did a Gray Point Color Balance and it is fine, no color cast. I like the wing position and flight towards you. Great technique with that non IS lens. Agree with more room below and front.

[Philip Lombard]

Colors look good to me as well, awesome shot, love wing position

[Fabs Forns]

Nicely done, as mentioned, a little more room in front will do fine :)

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp as all get out. I like the pano crop and the blue streaks in the water.

[James Shadle]

Doug,
Klingon it is!
Very sharp and I love the water.
Your data specified -2/3 of a stop compensation. Was the image slightly under-exposed or was it perfect as posted.
James

[Doug West]

Doug,
Klingon it is!
Very sharp and I love the water.
Your data specified -2/3 of a stop compensation. Was the image slightly under-exposed or was it perfect as posted.
James

It was slightly underexposed...probably by -2/3 :)

I just did a slight levels adjustment. Thats all I did in post processing, that includes
no sharpening.

Luckily I have more to this image, so I can fix the cropping the suggestions.

Thanks
Doug