Since everyones been to the zoo..

[Lance Peters]

Thought I had better post a Zoo shot :) :) :)

Banded plover - Resident of the Great Flight Aviary - Royal Melbourne Zoo.

D3
Nikon 70-200 VR with 2X Converter @340mm
1/200
F4.8
-0.7EV
400 Iso
Handheld.

BG Not the greatest but its a zoo. :)

Comments welcomed.

[Ian McHenry]

Neat image Lance.
No nits from me.
Cheers: Ian Mc

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lance,
Nice looking bird you got there...:eek::D You have sharp details with good color rendition, and good eye contact. Suggestion...I would heavily diffuse the black diagonal line that crosses the bird's head in the background; or just clone in the same even brownish hue from the rest of the background. my eye keeps going to that black band...good show...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

what a beautiful bird, lance!! and tack sharp!!! HAP may write a warning here.:D maybe not!! agree about the bg, but it's a zoo!!!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Lance,
I think that you might not need the bail money this time...:eek::D
Beautiful bird and so sharp. Tend to agree with Gus's comments about the BG.
Regards,
Nicki

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet image !!!! One funky looking bird !!! Great comment by Gus !!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent details Lance. specially the eye, it just pops out.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Lance! Great pose and great bird. I like the critique by Gus. In addition, the whites have a blueish cast to them. Here's a repost with a little PS work. I noticed after my levels fix that there's something funny going on in the white feathers above the legs.

[Desmond Chan]

Somehow this bird looks like it's wearing goggles ;)

I prefer Doug's report. At the very least it has removed the color cast in the original.

Good work as usual, Lance !

[Jill Davis]

Love the eye on this bird. Nicely done.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

The repost does it. Seemed to have a bit of a blue colour cast. One funky looking bird:)

[Ian McHenry]

Never noticed the bluish cast before.
As a frequent zoo goer I should have picked it up.Getting correct tiger colours is a biggy.
Really like repost and a good pointer in zoos to confirm colours look as natural as possible.
Cheers: Ian Mc

[Phil Ertel]

What a great looking bird. I also like the eyes. One more vote for the repost. Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Phil