Mr. Bill

[Gus Cobos]

Meet Mr. Bill. He resides at Crandon Gardens Park in Key Biscayne. Mr. Bill was guarding his nest along with Mrs. Bill. He was painted with a Nikon D70s, using a Nikkor 300mm F/4D lens.

focal length @ 420mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / matrix metering / 1/320sec. - f/5.6 /
ISO @ 800 / exposure comp @ +0.3EV / white balance @ auto / AF Mode @ AF-C / color mode @ sRGB /
tone comp @ 0 degrees / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / no speedlight /
no tripod /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

what a fitting name!! would run a little NR on the BG. nice job, sir! what happened to the macro stuff?!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Thanks Harold, I know, I was in a hurry, need to run Noise Ninja...:D I posted Mr. Bill at the request of Mr. Lance Peters from the land down under...:D:p;):cool: Lance was concerned that I was going to convert from a bird man to a flower guy...:p:D. Anyway thanks...and Mr. Lance; this one is for you...:D:D:cool:

[Harold Davis]

that's cool!!! i wish there was some way we could all meet and do a cool shoot together. all us ETL folks. it could be a ETL GTG!!

[carole wiley]

aside from the need for noise reduction I love the detail in Mr. Bill's bill, also the very sharp eye and pudgy cheek. You guys have great birds down there!

[Alfred Forns]

Good looking bird and pose Gus !!! Love it ............... does that bird has mumps :eek::)

[Lance Peters]

Hey GUS - it's a bird - had me worried there for a while mate :) and a **** fine one at that.

Love the pose - great BG - excellent.

A little NR and excellence. :)

[Katie Rupp]

Nice portrait, Gus and he does look like he might have mumps! I like Harold's suggestion for an ETL GTG...wish that were possible.

[Doug Brown]

Nice job with the original post Gus. Other than the NR on the BG, I think it could benefit from some selective sharpening, especially the eye. A sharp eye really helps an image. Here's a repost.