"Touching Up"

[Gus Cobos]

“Touching Up”

I was sitting on the bank of the narrow body of water which runs along side of the road at Shark Valley, Florida Everglades National Park; when this little guy came right in front of me and started preening himself. He was painted with a Nikon D70s, using a Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm f/4-f/5.6 G lens.

Image solution:
focal length @ 450mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 400 / 1/800sec. - f/5.6 / white balance @ auto / AF - mode @ dynamic range, auto - continuous / color space @ sRGB /lighting solution - no speedlight, ambient light / exposure comp @ -1.0EV / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform - no tripod, hand held, sitting down with elbows braced against knees /

Comments greatly appreciated…:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Love it Gus Its so difficult to get one with a clean bg !! Just great Yesterday had tons of these guys but only managed to get some keepers flying !! Will be going back !!

[Lance Peters]

Ill second Al's motion - gorgeous - love that eye - Congrats Gus.

[Harold Davis]

nicely done, gus! nice action and lovely bg. all you could ask for!!!!

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I love it -the action/pose is awesome!!