How's this for a Head Angle??

[Fabs Forns]

After Artie's last San Diego IPT, that day they kept throwing heads right and left, what a treat!

Model: NIKON D3
Lens (mm): 550 (200-400 plus 1.4X)
ISO: 640
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter: 1/2500
Exp. Comp.: -0.3
Program: Aperture Priority
hand held

[stuart wanuck]

great contortionist wish i could do that!fabs please see if you can answer my question in general photography stuart

[Peter Wallack]

Really nice. Did you havbe anssistant on a ladder with a fish :)

I suspect this might snap the colors and lines with a very tiny contrast increase- just my 2 cents for whatever that is worth. But try it there at home---you might like it.

[Raymond Barlow]

cool shot Fabs, awesome details, and action... that D3 sure has some great high iso resolution.

[Aidan Briggs]

Great BG, Pose, and exposure. Might tone down the highlights just a tad but other than that, great!

[Grace Scalzo]

Very dynamic image, love the colors and the shapes created by his (or her?) gesture.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it, great light, colors, BG, detail, sharpness, subject and natural moment. Big congratulations Fabs. :)

[Julie Kenward]

Now THAT is a seriously cool HA! Wow! Fabs, did you do anything to the BG at all as far as blur or special treatment? It's almost looks like what you'd see in a panned photo yet your bird is perfectly in one place.

[LouBuonomo]

Were you tossing him olives ???

[Fabs Forns]

Now THAT is a seriously cool HA! Wow! Fabs, did you do anything to the BG at all as far as blur or special treatment? It's almost looks like what you'd see in a panned photo yet your bird is perfectly in one place.

No Jules, all I did here was a linear contrast curve and take an inch of the top. The waves did that by themselves :)

Thanks all and Lou, I'm still waiting for MY olives ;)

[Harshad Barve]

Fantastic HA with nice details and killer BG,
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Its always good to see thinking OOTB, and I like this Fabs. Good detail shown, and those blues in the BG look great. Well captured.

[arash_hazeghi]

Never seen a pelican like this, where is the neck?! :D

[Joe Senzatimore]

Outstanding shot Fabs. Color and detail are wonderful. We have lots of olives and vodka here on LI , so think about a trip next summer. Would love to have dinner with you and Al again. I'm sure the skimmers will be back.

[Connie Mier]

I love it when they do that! Well captured.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow Fabs, loved the pose and the colours have come out very well here, the BG is to die for, congrats...

[Steve Fines]

That is pretty crazy. Great shot to get the timing just right - in my experience this happens pretty fast.