Taken at the Black Point Wildlife Drive in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, FL.
I expect that some folks will suggest I black out the silhouette, but after trying it a bunch of ways I prefer this presentation. I look forward to your comments!
I think you should black out the silhouette. Just kidding! If you had the rim lighting with a darker BG, that might have worked.
I really like this pretty well as is, but I might also be tempted to lighten the bird just a hair. I keep peering into the eye area and the darkness there.
I like it like this too. I like the light shining through some of the feathers. Only thing is I wish you had backed out and taken a full reflection, as I feel it is cut off at an awkward point. Also, you had more than enough shutter speeds to lower your ISO for a "cleaner" shot (for post processing, cropping, or printing purposes).
That's a good point on the ISO. If I had dialed it down then I might have been happy with brightening the bird a bit more. Right now, if I brighten the bird the image quality takes a big dive.
I like both, the second a bit better by a hair. This is a rare digital image that might have benefited from the use of flash... As for the rest of the reflection, I have long been a defender of cut off reflections so consider yourself duly defended. :)
Later and love, artie
ps; It would not have hurt to have backed off or zoomed out or grabbed a shorter lens and made a few with the complete reflection.
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