Crab Brunch

[James Shadle]

Attachment 133585
Snowy Egret fledgling about to enjoy a Fiddler Crab brunch.
Alafia Banks, Hillsborough Bay, Florida, USA via Hooptie Deux.

Nikon D300 Sigma 300-800mm @ 700mm
ISO 400 1/500 @ F16
Tripod with Mongoose 3.5 head.

I used F16 because I was very close to my minimum focus distance. I wanted both the crab and birds eyes sharp.
Only about 2" of DOF at that distance, focal length and aperture.
Focused right in the middle of the bill.
It was getting on in the morning (brunch) and this was one of the last images for that session.
Prepared on a laptop so I don't really know how it looks.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Perfect technique, Excellent light, IQ & BG. I also like the composition. TFS

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent light and dark BG. Well done on getting both catch and bird sharp, nicely done.

[Iain Barker]

Lovely picture with plenty of interest. Super detail in the subject and very clean background.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent exposure, gorgeous clean bg and perfect timing.
Looking forward to more posts from you :)

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent moment captured with very nice details. Beautiful BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Nice scene and sharp detail.

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful image James. Very cool. Well done!

[Danny Laredo]

Wonderful image.

[vishaljadhav]

Looked at this today morning from my office but wanted to re look at this
one great exposure and lovely IQ, the details on the crab are fantastic
the square compo here does work nicely to my eye

[hennieloots]

Superb image with a lot of interest. I particularly like the IQ on the crab and in the eye.
TFS
Hennie

[Randy Stout]

James:

I would say it looks pretty darn good. Nice job on the dof under these challenging conditions. Lovely colors, crab.

Comp works as well.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image, James, with great behavior captured. Super colors and light. Love the comp you chose. Good choice of aperture.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image James! I like the exposure, DOF, IQ, BG, crab and composition

[James Shadle]

Our thanks system was disabled with our last software update - so I'll just say "Thank You".

[Don Lacy]

Sweet image James killer BG and the detail

[Nick Palmieri]

Great IQ, nice timing. Nice BQ and composition.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

This is a really great image of a juvenile Little Blue Heron with a crab, especially the crab! DOF well chosen, excellent lighting and composition. Would have liked a tad more detail in the white head plumage. regards~Bill

[Andre Pretorius]

Well captured, good IQ! The crab makes it exceptional!

[Rachel Hollander]

James - fantastic image with excellent IQ. Thanks for explaining your choice of aperture and fp as well. It all works.

TFS,
Rachel

[Roman Kurywczak]

Pretty awesome.....must be that Sigma 300-800 .....you know I had to.

[James Shadle]

Pretty awesome.....must be that Sigma 300-800 .....you know I had to.

I know you did.
But the truth is - it wasn't the lens, it wasn't the camera, it was all me.