Magnificent Frigate Bird

[James Shadle]

Magnificent Frigate Bird, Juvenile
Tampa Bay Florida
Nikon D2X
Nikon 600mm AF-S I
Manual Exposure, +1 stop over metered value.
1/1250 @ F5.6
ISO 200

Crop, this is over 90% of original.

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice symmetrical pose with good feather detail. I might darken the sky a little. Good job to compose this almost full frame with 900mm equivalent.

[Juan Aragonés]

Very good job here James, I love the wings pose and the details on the bird. The liht is a bit strong to my taste and I woyuld follow Tony´s advice about toning down the BG a bit ;-)

[Philip Pietri]

Spectacular! I love the solid background, which allows for all the attention to be focused on the incoming subject. Great work exposing the darks without blowing the white on the little (little - yeah right) fellar's head. I think it could use the very slightest bit of CCW rotation.

[Rene A]

James,

Spectacular!!!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

James,
This is a lovely image. I like the wing spread, sharpness and details.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Jon Thornton]

Great shot. You really nailed the focus.

[Ramon M. Casares]

It doesn´t get much better than this does it? That pose, exposure and detail are unbeatable! Congratualitons!