Her Majesty

[Gus Cobos]

Meet Her Majesty; queen of Crandon Park Gardens in Key Biscayne. She was gracefully swimming in the main pond one afternoon when she came close to the bank for an afternoon snack.
She was painted with a Nikon D70s, using a Nikkor 300mm f/4D lens with a Nikkor 1.4 T/C.

focal length @ 420mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / matrix metering / 1/160sec. - f/13 / ISO @ 200 /
exposure comp @ -1.0EV / white balance @ auto / AF Mode @ AF-C / color mode @ sRGB / tone comp @ 0 degrees / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +1 degrees / no speedlight / no tripod /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Hey Buddy. I like your composition very much, also her head angle is very interesting. Only thing I see is that on my monitor it looks like the head is a little burned.

[Alberto Oria]

I agree with Oscar but, I like it:)

[carole wiley]

The burned patch is the only flaw in an otherwise majestic image. I love the contrasting textures here.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gus Like the crop and general image feel very much Just the harsh light Need to get them early or on the shade !!!!

[SeanKP]

Yup, great pose and love the detail in the wings. Only issue is that burnt patch on the head.

[Harold Davis]

that hot spot doesnt look too tough to tame. might give it a shot and see what happens. do like the pose and compo. out of curiousity, did you get any landscape portraits of this bird?