"Morning Flight"

[Gus Cobos]

“Morning Flight”

This little fellow was out of place or lost as he flew past the fishing pier in Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, Florida. I guess he was waiting for the sea gulls to fly past him. He was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4D - IF-ED , with a Nikkor 1.7 T/C.

Image Solution:
focal length @ 510mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / 1/1,250sec. - f/11 / exposure comp @ +0.7EV / ISO @ 800 / white balance @ auto / AF - Mode @ AF - C / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution – ambient lighting / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform – hand held /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice shooting angle, love top of head view and full wing spread good look at primaries.

Great HA and eye is perfect.

Exposure techs look solid, light looks soft, like the +.70 compensation. Good feather detail and texture in the whites - strong image Gus!

[Lance Peters]

Cool -- Like it a lot Gus, looks very similar to our Nankeen night heron - never been able to get one in flight, in fact never been able to get one outside of a dim cluttered BG.
This guy must have had too much christmas cheer ;)

[Roy Priest]

Gus, talk about being in the right place at the right time. Like the blur on the wingtips and the details in the feathers.

[Allen Sparks]

wonderful shot...love the eye contact and blur on the wing tip. great composition.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the flight pose with the long neck, the wing down position with tip being blur, the exposure and the soft orange light. Somehow the feet look a bit smudge to me.

[Alfred Forns]

Gus knows flight !!! Excellent capture !! Love the wing position, sharpness and clean bg !!! Proud of you !!!