"May I Help You"

[Gus Cobos]

“May I Help You”

This little guy stumbled across the baby crab that got washed in with the tide, early one morning at Estero Beach, in Fort Myers Florida. 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 @ 765mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 400 / 1/1750sec. - 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 @ +2 degrees / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - no tripod, hand held, flat on belly /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

looks perfect, gus! i like the crab. you did a nice job of getting rid of the glare on the birds legs. i see it in the water:D

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I think that this shot is very nice! Lucky you to get the crab with the bird!! Nice pose and details

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - nice light - love the low angle, good Ha and eye contact and good details throughout - nice feel to it as well - Good JOb :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

What I really like about this image is that you have a dominant subject color (deep orange) on
a blue BG. They (legs and crab) are even very nicely positioned in the image. Just great!

Cheers, Ilija

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love it. Great everything Gus:) Beautiful colours throughout.

[Richard Waas]

Gus, were you down in the water? Great comp, love the low angle. BG is awesome

[Grace Scalzo]

This is beautiful, Gus. Full of interest and color.