Sunrise Anhinga

[Doug West]

Another image from James Shadle boat (I'm hoping if I promote him enough he'll
knock $100 off my next trip to Florida :D).

This is one of those photos that I saw the outcome in my head. As James was
manuevering his boat, we were pretty much blinded by the sun. We're slowly
moving down the water and I see the black shape of this Anhinga (I was actually
using my 600 as some eye cover). I thought this would be the perfect silhouette.
I know its hard to believe, but the morning sky really had that type of reflection.


Techie Stuff...

Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Lens: 100-400
Shutter: 1/2500
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Exp. Comp.: -1

Doug

p.s. Actually, its more like a 10:00am sunrise Anhinga :p

[Arthur Grosset]

A nice silhouette against a strange sky. I appreciate that it is difficult in a boat but an angle that showed the tail as well would have been nice. The perch is a bit over-powering and I feel the bird is a bit too far to the left.

[Fabs Forns]

Hi Doug,

James is one of my favorite persons :)

I took a few seconds to pop up your image.

Nik Color Effex Select 3.0 GND filter
Velvia color action.
Both in CS3

Hope you like it!

[Bob Boner]

I agree with Arthur, especially about the perch. It contributes more mass than the bird. Thanks for sharing.