The only good condo

[Randy Stout]

Good evening all:

The only good use for a condo is to throw a nice reflection, as seen here at Little Estero. Image created during recent IPT with Artie.

D300
70-200 f/2.8
f/6.3
EV. +.7
1/250
ISO 1000
Handheld
Flash -1.0

[James Shadle]

Way to work the reflected color on the water.
The image is exposed well and nice and sharp.

The only thing I will offer is a slight adjustment to the composition that IMO will make this an even stronger image. (see attached)

Nice meeting Sunday!

James

[Randy Stout]

James:
Thanks for the repost. I did try several different crops before posting. I did one with less water at the bottom, but liked the color so much I went back to my original. I like yours too.

Cheers

Randy

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific colors and Red never looked better :) On second though, I lkie the original with all the space at the bottom. In any case, I may make it more narrow.

[Trey Barron]

While I do like the colors of the water, I prefer the cropped version. There is no reason why you could not have both.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Randy, it was nice to meet you on the IPT! Some of those condos really did emit interesting reflections...and you chose a great one for Red. I like the stance, and we can see some hints of the unusual white feathers he had on his wings.

[Randy Stout]

Thanks Daniel:

A pleasure to meet you as well. I had made the Reds my mini assignment for that session at Estero, so concentrated on them, looking for best angles and reflections.

The birds did not let me down.

Did you have a strong feeling on the crop?

Cheers

[Daniel Cadieux]

Composition-wise I like that James trimmed some off at left, but I also like all the water at bottom of yours. In any case a vertical composition was a good choice here ;-)

[Nate Chappell]

Gorgeous colors and lighting, I prefer the comp of the repost.

[Art Kornienko]

Hi Randy, I prefer your crop.