Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

[Fabs Forns]

This was created last Monday at the Trail, where we met George DeCamp and his wife Louise. It's an Anhinga in disguise :)
The shallow DOF was my choice, and I thought it look kinda cool when I saw in the computer, these birds are very curious and it's evident in his expression. It is a male (Black neck) in breeding plumage (funky hair) and he must be a parent already because the color is fading from his lores. Once the nest gets going, no need to impress anyone... :) (familiar??????)

D3, 200-400/4 plus 1.7X
Wide open f/6.7
s/s 1/800, ISO 400
Cropped from horizontal (he moved fro profile to this too fast to make an original vertical)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

He looks like a caterpillar. :) I like the crop and use of DOF.

[George DeCamp]

The eyes have it Fabs....very different certainly those eyes make this one work. Almost time for some Ribs! :D

[Arthur Morris]

Good hair day! Hope that you had fun this afternoon.

later and love, artie

[Jim Poor]

That is unique. I really like the red eyes.

[Hillebrand Breuker]

I like this portrait. Looks like my hair when I het ut of bed. Wish the mirror had the same DOF ;-)

[Juan Aragonés]

this is cool Fabs, really cool and I agree with Axel, it looks like a hairy caterpillar!

[Jody Melanson]

Cool image Fabs! ! :)

[Kaushik Balakumar]

liked the selective DOF.
sharp eyes.

rgds,
Kaushik

[Maxis Gamez]

Very unique Fab. Love the colors and hair!

[Raymond Barlow]

such a cool shot Fabs.

[Mike Wilson]

Eeeeks! What a crazy portrait. So much fun playing around with DOF like that. Good one.

[Rosl Roessner]

Very cool image!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love this Fab. Great angle for this capture and awesome eye contact. Very artiistic image !!!!

[Judd Patterson]

Ah, yes, a cool image! This guy is looking very cool. :) Very nice job with the sharp eyes and such an usual image.