Image created in Maine this past weekend as one of the group stepped out of the heavy seaweed where they had been feeding and headed over to where I was positioned for a look see.
Nikon D300, 500VR, TC14EII, UniWB, Flat tone curve, ISO 640, F6.3, 1/640, +.7 EV compensation applied.
Last edited by Jim Fenton; 05-27-2009 at 09:54 AM.
Reason: Repost Accomodating Critues
The thumb does not do this image justice. The bird is tack sharp and the colors are super. I might consider cropping the bottom off to the top of the OOF rock on the left; then, as Randy suggested, toning down the remaining OOF rock that is left.
Lovely low angle, and I like how you have included him in his enviroment. Well exposed with good detail, but I feel this is actually oversharpened a tad.
I like the setting and the OOF rocks in the foreground are not distracting in my opinion. If at all, I would crop a tiny bit off the bottom. I agree regarding less sharpening and would remove the lower catchlight.