Caribbean Jack

[Gus Cobos]

Motif: Abstract Water Color.



Note: This image was processed with a pastel water color filter, to give it the tropical look.


This exotic beauty resides at Metro Zoo and was painted with a Nikon D70s, using a Nikkor 300mm f/4D lens with a Nikkor 1.4 T/C

Image solution: focal length @ 420mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / matrix metering / white balance @ auto / AF - mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - no speedlight, ambient light / ISO @ 320 / shutter speed @ 1/80sec. – F/5.6 / exposure comp @ 0EV / tone comp @ 0 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +1 degrees / support platform - tripod assist /

Comments greatly appreciated…:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Way cool Love this one Gus !!! Also the treatment did away with the fence that was behind him (probably?) Big Congrats !!! ..... btw that is a great place to shoot ... no mosquitoes or alligators chasing !!!! :)

[Lance Peters]

Hey Gus - weird looking bird. Nice one.

:)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Gus,
Way cool - it really does look like a beautiful painting and those BG colours are just stunning!
Regards,
Nicki

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Neat treatment.

[Harold Davis]

perfect treatment for this one, gus!!! love it! i would have never thought of pastel for the bg on such a prominently colored bird!! it works!! great job!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent PS work my friend. This was the only way you could have presented this bird because of the wire mesh.
Congrats very original.

[Fabs Forns]

A real work of art, Gus, I didn't know this facet ot yours :)