Nikon D300, Nikkon AF-S 200-400mm f/4 VR + 1.4x
Common Loon
Nikon D300, Nikkon AF-S 200-400mm f/4 VR + 1.4x
Scott:
Lovely colors. Great detail in the blacks and showing the green sheen. Sharp,good shooting angle. The bow wake actually helps because it takes the white breast out of the picture, and that is almost impossible to keep from blowing and get good detail in the blacks, unless the light is really soft.
The head angle could be a bit more towards us, and a bit more canvas on the left would be nice.
Is this a Lake Nettie Loon?
Thanks for posting, hope to see more.
Randy
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Last edited by Scott A. Flaherty; 06-17-2009 at 09:19 PM.
Great detail and color. I am curious about the change color of the background at the middle of the picture. Where is Lake Nettie?
Ray
Good job, Scott. Randy has covered the main points. I really like the way the ripples in the bow wave are echoed in the feather patterns. Heading away pose is a little drawback but the look back is good. Detail in the dark feathers is lovely. Looks like a great location.
Tony Whitehead
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Wonderful image, wonderful reflection of the sky in the wake, wonderful pano crop, and an excellent critique by Randy.
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Scott,
Great job on the exposure ;), comp, etc.
You should be very proud of your accomplishments, I am!
Warm Regards,
Chas
Thanks Chas. The shots I came home with are in a large part due to the guidance of you and Cheryl. Thank you so much. You'll be seeing me again, I'm sure.Originally Posted by Charles Glatzer
Very much like the colours, sharpness, and background Scott. As mentioned the bow wave is spectacular.
With so little of the bird left to include in the image for a full body portrait, I would not have cropped where you did. Probably done in-camera so not a whole lot you can do except maybe make the crop more decisive by losing some from the right. As it stands you have to ask what the right part of the image is adding to the overall look and feel.
I have to respectfully disagree with Johm here. If anything, I would like to see a tad more on the right. To crop from the right, as John suggests, would negate the pano look which works quite well here.
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Totally agree Artie. I'd like to see more on the right too. I'd really like to see the whole bird with a bit of room to spare, but I don't think this is easily done here.
Great details and good exposure control, maybe some NR on the BG. Could you post the techs?
Super detail and great colours
Chris Kotze
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