Hey Baaby.....

[Harold Davis]

What's Up?:D

this curlew was photographed on tampa bay. one thing i have noticed on my website is that people enjoy pictures with the mouth open or action, rather than just a static portrait. you can have the same bird's portrait processed perfectly and looking great, but people seem to like the others better!

D300, Bigma at 500mm, f/9, 1/640s, 0EV, ISO 400, again had the lens in it's sweet spot with the aperture setting. i maybe should have bumped the ISO for a little more shutter speed, but there wasnt much movement so i was borderline.

simple processing. straightened horizon a little, small crop for composition, set black and white point, selectively sharpened bird, NR on BG, converted to tif, all with CNX2. moved the tif to CS3 and evicted two birds in the bg.

thanks for looking. comments and critiques appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful composition, HA, BG and colors all great!!! Agree that people like action shots or something different-

[Lance Peters]

Hi Mr H - Love the low angle and the open beak - some type of action definetley makes a difference You pretty much nailed this one I would say - congrats.

[Gus Cobos]

Well composed and executed Doctor...I like the pano...it places all of the attention on Mr. Bird, who seems to be cool, calm and collective...good show...:):cool: Just one little thing to give you a +10...:D the white oof ball on the right side of the frame in the background need to be cloned out...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

Just one little thing to give you a +10...:D the white oof ball on the right side of the frame in the background need to be cloned out...:cool:

geez! yeah i missed that and the dark one over the bill too!!! thanks!

[Alfred Forns]

Harold your assessment on action is right on !! You always want the bird doing something ... makes a huge difference !!!

I like the fact he is laying down and the open mouth is a big plus Just fine image all around !!! Proud of you !!!!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Nice! Great action of course, I like the crop following the
horizontal posture of the bird.

Cheers, Ilija