Little Blue

[Oscar Zangroniz]

One of the few from Anhinga this past Saturday with Harold and Alberto:

Nikon D300, 300mm 2.8 w/1.4tc, Focal Length 420 mm, F4, 1/1000, ISO 400, Aperture Priority, Tripod.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Mr. O,
I like the composition, you have very good head angle and eye contact with good color rendition. The bill is a tad on the hot side, I tone down the whites. I adjusted the saturation and contrast. eliminated two out of the three catch lights in the eye, which did not look natural, selective sharpened the eye area, clean up the bill by taking out the traces of feathers, ran noise reduction in the background, and trimmed the hair dew, in addition, I adjusted the mid-tones in the background by lightening them up a bit...see if this presents better to you...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Oscar, Great HA and really nice BG!! Great composition and feather detail. Gus' repost puts it over the top. Real sweet image!!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Oscar Looks good Sure like the bird with that bg !! The main change I would like seeing here is the sharpness Seems a little over !!! ... btw bird looks like it had a rough Saturday Night !!!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi oscar:

Love the shagginess of the bird. Have never seen one in the flesh.

Thanks for sharing this interesting and well presented cutie . . .

Uncle Gus

[Nonda Surratt]

Oscar, love the HA and the BG, super nice. Gus's re-post is sweet!

[Dave Leroy]

Hi Oscar. Nice one. It does look the bird just got in after a bender. I too like the light back ground. The bits of feather on the beak do add to the tattered look though.
Dave

[Richard Waas]

Hey Oscar, great job! Your birds just keep getting better and better. Was this bird out partying with you and the boys? Congrats!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Hi Oscar, Gus did a great repost. Like the toning down on the bill and the sharpening of the eye. BG is great. Is this what they look like before they turn black???