Ruby Eye

[Fabs Forns]

Black necked Stilt, Everglade National Park, during the February workshop.
I have not seen too may head portraits of these species, but this baby came so close. Cropped form horizontal.

Date: 2/20/09
Time: 8:328 AM
Model: NIKON D3
Firmware: Ver.1.11
Frame #: 5846
Lens (mm): 500 (300/2.8 plus 1.4X) hand held
ISO: 400
Aperture: 8
Shutter: 1/1600
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Manual
Focus Mode: AF-C
White Bal.: AUTO
ICC Profile: sRGB Profile

[David Roach]

Their elegant neck and those red eyes make these one of my favorites!!! Against that dreamy BG, you've captured them both beautifully!! Exposure is spot on!

[Randy Stout]

Fabs:

A lovely bird, sharp, well exposed.

My 1st thought when I saw the image was that it is too dark. I think the bird itself is bright enough, but the background to my eye is so dark that it tends to blend with the darker parts of the bird, esp. the bill.

I am on the road, on an uncalibrated monitor, but I think it would be stronger if the seperation between the bird and the background was greater, the bird being relatively brighter, esp. the eye.

Cheers

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the exposure control, details and BG and might only remove one of the catchlights.