High Key Anhinga

[Alberto Oria]

Hello guys,
How have you been :)?
I took this one on Anhinga trail, on the Everglades National Park.

Pentax K20d, DA* 300mm/f:4.0, 1/180, f:8, ISO 400, flash, tripod,
Basic PP, curves and sharpening.

CC very appreciated

[denise ippolito]

Alberto, First of all it was a great pleasure to meet you and we enjoyed our time with you and Oscar very much.
Your image is beautiful, the high-key BG is very nice as is the hint of gold at the UR corner. Nice HA and your composition is lovely.

[Lynn Mannan]

Great composition, Alberto. I like the relatively tight crop.

[Alfred Forns]

.... and you got a beautiful bird in breeding plumage !!!! About all I could wish for was the head area slightly lighter?

I like the habitat included and making it look good, high key look is great !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Nicely done Alberto,
Keep up the good work...:cool:

[Alberto Oria]

:)The pleasure were mine, Denise it was a great afternoon, hopefully we will have more next year.:)
Thank you very much for all CC, this is a corrected version. I tried to make it subtle.

[Michael Zajac]

Alberto, This is really nice. I like your composition and the high-key background,however I prefer the orig. post it has more contrast
It was very nice to meet you at Anhinga with Denise.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Alberto - good looking bird - love the high key effect. Good job

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture Alberto. Very sharp and detailed.

[Harold Davis]

good to see you back around. i like the original or something in between. the high key is nice too!! i got a question i cant believe no one else asked. why not open up wide open for a little extra shutter speed?

dont be a stranger!!!!!

[Alberto Oria]

:)I was really close to he anhinga, closing the lens gave me some dof.
At least that was my intention:)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice pose Alberto, like the lighter bird with the original BG. Wonder if it would look better with more room for the head?? Well done!