Black skimmer- vertical

[Lorant Voros]

I added canvas to this image on the top and cropped it to vertical. What do you think?

1DMKIV
500mm
ISO640
1/6400
f: 4
Handheld

[Marina Scarr]

The vertical presentation works well. Love the flight pose, esp the fanned tail feathers, and your whites look excellent and full of details. I am wondering why you were shooting wide open (@ F4) when you were shooting in full sun?

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Excellent banking image, Lorant. Very nice BG and clear detail on Skimmer. Well done.




Geoffrey

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot, DOF doesn't look bad to me, I don't think there would be an enormous difference in DOF compared between f4 and f5.6 but given that the shutter speed was 1/6400sec I suspect you might have been OK to go for a smaller aperture.

[Steen Torner]

Hi Lorant,

I think you did well to choose the vertical crop to support the wing positions. A horizontal image would probably lack the intenseness of the Skimmer.

A beautiful composition and fine head position pointing just a few degrees towards you.

An excellent exposure and background and the Skimmer looks perfectly sharp to me despite the f4 selection.

Regards
Steen

[Lorant Voros]

Thank you for the comments. Marina; you are right. Normally I don't shoot wide open, since I don't get the right overall sharpness, but I tried wide open this day for fast action while I was photographing Forster's terns and other skimmers in a darker setting when I went for this simmer.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent banking pose with fanned tail, one of the best poses you can get. Nice details and good exposure, Lorant.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the fanned tail, vertical composition and sharpness. Well done Lorant.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I rarely shoot wide open mostly for DOF as I love to get as much of the bird in the frame as possible. Probably 1/3200th is all you'd need anyway Lori!
I love the pose and the fanned tail too! A spectacular image though in a little strong light. But I'd love this in my files.


Congrats brother!