“Patiently Waiting” Note: This portrait was taken early this year, during a Birds II class, with Miss Fabs Forns.
This patient little guy is a resident of Shark Valley, National Park in Miami Florida. He was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens, with a Nikkor 1.7 T/C.
Image Solution:
focal length @ 510mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / 1/400sec. - f/8 / exposure comp @ +0.3EV / ISO @ 800 / white balance @ auto / AF - Mode @ AF - C / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution – ambient lighting / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform – hand held /
Superb details, Gus! The color palette is just lovely. Can't see a thing to improve....unless you'd want to smooth the little bit of debris off the top of his beak. ;)
I love this kind of portrait. There are so many options for a pleasing composition.
I'm attaching another option (not that anything is wrong with yours;)).
This one offers a little more room above and to the right, while taking a little off the left.
"Patiently Waiting"
