"Afternoon Delight"

[Gus Cobos]

“Afternoon Delight”

This little fellow was up and about, one early afternoon at Estero Beach, in Fort Myers Florida, looking for a snack, just to keep him until dinner. He was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens , and a Nikkor 1.4 T/C

Image solution:
focal length @ 630mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 400 / 1/1250sec. - f/5.6 / white balance @ cloudy / AF - mode @ dynamic range, auto - continuous / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - no speedlight, ambient light / exposure comp @ -0.3EV / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +1 degrees / support platform - no tripod, hand held, flat on belly /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Alberto Oria]

Very nice Gus

[Graham Smith.]

nice one Gus, Beautiful lighting for this one. a very small nit, I'd likely remove the light spot reflecting from the mud in background which is seemingly connected to the birds cloaca ;)

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - Love the lighting, love the low angle and the soft tones = techs are all onthe money of course :)

Good one :)

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Very nice light and catch!! I do see the very small spot mentioned by Graham-but I really had to look for it! Nice low angle

[D.J. McNeil]

Hm... I might make the catch-light a "dot" instead of a vertical line, the bird also seems a bit cramped in the frame, in my opinion.
The pose, however, is really unusual to capture, and gives the viewer an insight into the bird's life.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great one Gus. Eye contact, action, bg, and colors.
Congrats