Gettin' Low

[Blake Shadle]

Most people know I'm a geek for a low perspective. Whenever I have a chance I always explore the potential a lower perspective has to offer. I made this image last Saturday out on the Hooptie Deux with my dad and Philip Pietri. I like to see how close I can get my rig to the water before I fire the shutter ;)

Shooting Solution
Nikon D300 | Sigma 500mm f/4.5 + Kenko 1.4x TC (700mm) | Manually focused
Manual Exposure | 1/2000 @ f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Mongoose M2.3 on Gitzo 1440 legs | Pretty darn close to full frame ;)

All comments welcome and appreciated.

Thanks for looking :)

[Jasper Doest]

Seems like you're just like me...the lower the better. This is sweet Blake....just about the right hight IMO. I like how the low angle brings intimacy to this photograph. Simple, but perfectly executed!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

A lovely portrait Blake. Very finely exposed too.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice, Blake! Couldn't ask for a better spoonbill portrait. This image has a tranquil feeling to it, the bird looking very relaxed.

[c.w. moynihan]

One of the nicer spoonie portrait images I have ever seen.

[Philip Pietri]

Well done. Nice exposure, nice low angle, nice axis to the light, sharp as a knife and that's pretty much all there is to it.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Sweet and simple. Got it all.

[Doug Brown]

Nice pose and sharpness. The photo is simple and elegant. Is that a sand bar behind the bird? It sort of makes me want to see how the image looks with a little CW rotation.

[Grady Weed]

It's all been said Blake. You know it is nice. Just a great image.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Just wonder how you could manage to get so low on the HD :)
Anyway, a lovely image. I like it. Fits my style for sure.

Szimi (The low-level-lover) :D

[James Shadle]

Doug said: "The photo is simple and elegant." I agree 100%
And the exposure looks better on this image than your last.

As I remember the faint line in the background was a trace of a slightly diagonal shore.

Dad

[mhackett]

Beautiful, and count me into the lower is always more better crowd! If your belly ain't dirty then you aren't really having as much fun as you can!