"Possessed" Yellow-rump!

[Dan Brown]

I had to exorsize this fellow! Captured at my water feature. Cropped about 25%, PP'ed in ACR and CS3, selectively sharpened with Nik, BG NR with Noise Ninja. C&C welcome.


Nikon D300, monopod mounted
Shutter speed: 1/350 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Optional,TTL, -2.0
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
VR Image Stabilization: On
AF mode: AF-S

[Kristin Brown]

WOW Dan! Very interesting shot!

[Harshad Barve]

This is very very interesting image ,
TFS

[Jim Fenton]

It certainly is different and I kinda like it :)

The water flying around adds to the head gyrations to tell the story.

[denise ippolito]

Dan, This is wild! I love the spinning head and the flying water.Made me chuckle!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Very very interesting indeed. As soon as I looked at the thumbnail, I realised something was strange about the head. I am actually quite surprised that his rest of the body is so steady. Well seen Dan.

[Dave Blinder]

Dan - Looks like you have the perfect shutter speed for this kind of capture. Great choice.

[Arthur Morris]

Its head was really moving to get such blur at 1/350 sec. You might consider toning down the yellows just a tad.