"All I Need Is A Mirror"

[Gus Cobos]

“All I Need Is A Mirror”

This little guy was fixing his feathers on top of the wooden rail at Shark Valley, Florida at Everglades National Park

Image solution:
focal length @ 765mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 400 / 1/1640sec. - f/8 / 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 @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform - no tripod, hand held /

Comments greatly appreciated…:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - I cannot beleive how close you can get to your birds there - they must be incredibly tame, Mine at the moment are incredibly skittish, cannot get anywere near them. They spook when you get anycloser than 100m even fron across the river.

I am wondering if it is because of the fires we had - I am sure it must have had some effect on them - intresting.

Opps - sorry - anyway - Like the pose and the eye and detail is spot on.

[Alfred Forns]

You are killing me with these birds Gus !!! Man your cleaning up Nice close up !!!! Proud of you !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Mr. Peters,
Don't feel bad about spooked birds flying away at 300 feet away. This has happened to me too. Three weeks ago on my way to Shark Valley, I stopped along side the road to photograph a few that were perched in the trees and some in the canal below; as soon as I got off the truck, they spooked and flew away...this happened twice before getting to my destination...so yes, its common...:D:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Like the crop and details -well done.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like the framing and pose on this one. The black BG shows off the heron very nicely.