"Just Looking"

[Gus Cobos]

“Just Looking”

This curious little guy was looking into the grass trying to find a mid day snack. Curious resides at Anhinga Trail in Florida’s Everglades National Park. He was painted with a Nikon D70s, using a Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4D - IF-ED , with a Nikkor 1.7 T/C.

Image solution:
focal length @ 765mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 400 / 1/1750sec. - f/5.6 / white balance @ auto / AF - mode @ dynamic range, auto - continuous / color space @ sRGB /lighting solution - no speedlight, ambient light / exposure comp @ -0.7EV / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +1 degree / support platform - no tripod, hand held /


Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Love how you worked that bg Gus !!! Those tones are incredible !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great BG Gus! Love the crop and diagonal positioning in the frame. :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very good job with the BG colors.
I like the yellow on the beak a lot too.

[Lance Peters]

Goregous BG - love it.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful BG and interesting composition-really nice!

[Glenn Romain]

I should have known it was painted with your with your 300 f4 ,im going to hunt one down for the summer . Well captured Gus :)

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent composition and BG Gus.
Congrats

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful shot Gus. Love the colors and diagonal composition.