Eastern Greater Siren

[Arthur Morris]

This image was created on the morning of Thursday, 26, 2018 at Indian Lake Estates, FL. I used the BLUBB-supported Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lens, the Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III, and the Nikon D850. ISO 400. Matrix metering -1/3 stop as framed: 1/1000 sec. at f/6.3. AWB (AUOT2) at 7:29am on a clear morning some sweet light. d-9 upper slightly left shutter Button AF with the selected AF point on the side of the base of the neck, pretty much on the same plane as the bird’s eye. Focus Peaking micro-adjustment: +4.

Don't be shy; all comments are welcome.

with love, artie

ps: learn more about the creation of this image in the recent Dogged Persistence blog post here.

[annmpacheco]

Holy smokes Artie, perplexed by this prey! How can those little feet carry the weight of such a long body? Is this a snake that had caught this little guy perhaps? cool though!

[Arthur Morris]

Holy smokes Artie, perplexed by this prey! How can those little feet carry the weight of such a long body? Is this a snake that had caught this little guy perhaps? cool though!

Thanks Ann. I am confused by the snake question ...

with love, artie

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wicked cool scene! I love the prey, and the habitat. I'm surprised to see such brights from you, especially that you like them very well below the 255 threshold - as posted some of them are clipped.

[John Mack]

When i saw this on your blog i thought the whites looked pretty bright. Still cool a scene with the creature.

[annmpacheco]

Thanks Ann. I am confused by the snake question ...


with love, artie

hi Artie I was wondering if this “creature” was a snake and had started to eat the “lizard” sticking out of his mouth! I just have never seen such a creature and was surprised that those two little feet in the front sticking out could hold up such a long and heavy body, so I thought it might be a snake who ate a lizard who was now being eaten by a GBH!

[Arthur Morris]

Wicked cool scene! I love the prey, and the habitat. I'm surprised to see such brights from you, especially that you like them very well below the 255 threshold - as posted some of them are clipped.

Hi Dan,

Thanks. I have been processing my WHITEs brighter with my Nikon gear. Not sure why. I have also been capturing lighter as well, usually aiming for the low to mid-240s rather than the mid-230s as I did with my Canon images. In the TIFF the brightest RGB values were 253, 249, 243. You are correct on the JPEG as presented. I will cut back just a bit :)

with love, artie