Black Skimmer

[Doug Brown]

Another photo from my So. Cal. trip. This Skimmer gave me a good head angle along with nice wing position in some nice light.



Canon 50D, 400mm, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[James Salywoda]

One heck of a sweet shot Doug not an easy pose to capture especially without clipping the wings..

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Very nice, with good exposure,sharp,nice HA and angle in frame.

Because the bird is angling down to the right, I might add just a touch of more space at the bottom and right if you have it.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Now, this is an angle of a skimmer I havent seen captured before. Good job on the exposure Doug, sharp and that eye shows up nicely. Your comp works well for this angle. Well done.

[Nagesh Mula]

Its a beautiful capture Doug. Loved it very much. Congratulations!!

[Alan Murphy]

Beautifully done Doug. Love the wing and tail spread.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, details and exposure control in this one. Maybe a bit more room top and bottom?

[Ramon M. Casares]

Amazing pose, great light, exposure, colors, detail, comp and BG. To me, lovely! Congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Agree with the self critique and the rest above. Was this a VERT ORIG?

[Doug Brown]

It's a crop from vertical Artie.

[Doug Brown]

Axel, I had originally cropped this 4x6 along the lines of what you're suggesting. I changed my mind and decided to feature the bird a little more prominently by going 5x7.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Doug, Way to go on thinking VERT for the banking....

[Kobus Tollig]

GREAT shot well done on this. Great exposure comp and colour

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Great exposure, looks like no EV? The lights have a great tone and texture, well done.

[Doug Brown]

Great exposure, looks like no EV?

Thanks Jeff. If you mean no exposure compensation, it's a manual exposure so EC doesn't show up in the techs. I generally overexpose my whites by 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop in camera to get more detail in the blacks of Skimmers. Then I pull back the whites in PP.