One more Anhinga
From our recently completed workshop At Everglades National Park All had a great time and lots of oportunities for making images The anhingas were the stars and cooperated !!!
Comments welcome and much appreciated
Nikon D3
600 f4.0 VR 1.7X
f 10,0 1/640 sec
ISO 250
Av +1/3
Cool pose, light and BG. Maybe a bit less contrast? I can't see many details in the blacks. After seeing a few anhinga images, I suspect it's the kind of plumage that makes it look this way. On a second look, there is some posterization in the BG above the eye.
Last edited by Axel Hildebrandt; 02-18-2008 at 06:41 PM.
beautiful image, alfred. love that BG!!
:-) Sweet. That yawn is priceless :-)
Alfredo Don Diego. I love this one as is. What a BKGR color and light!
later and love, artie
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The open bill and colour impact makes this one stand alone AL !!!!
Hang it on the wall.
Great at all aspects ....pure gem!
Congrats :)
Great shot Alfred! I've got to make it to Florida one of these days. To add to what Axel said, there appears to be some posterization in the BG in the bottom right of the image.
Wow what a bg stunning shot Alfred I love the pose captured....
BG makes the shot. Very nice.
Taylor
Not much to critique here, you've done a great job. The background is superb and the balance of subject and negative space works. Looks like sharpness is there on the eye and the tip of the beak. Nice!
A winner Al. Excellent pose, details and amazing BG!!
I agree with most everyone the background light and pose make this a wall hanger.
Beautiful-wish we were there.
Excellent. You should have asked him to stick out that tongue hehe. Thanx for sharing.
Originally Posted by Doug Brown
Great eye Doug !!!! What you see is not being thorough clearing the layer multiplying For these images the delicate mouth area has very little density (does have detail) I normally make a duplicate layer and multiple Best to mask the affected area rather than the entire image and then erase After three days of workshop I was kind of beat and not thinking clearly !!!!
Hi Alfred,
Whats there to say about a great shot like this!
I love it!
I do see some cloning/masking effects above and behind the head, but that's easily fixed.
Well done getting this great looking guy!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
I Iove this portrait,great timing,colors and BG!!!
I love it! Great background color and awesome open bill capture!
I like everything about this one! Stunning!
Big Al,
Sweet, Sweet,
Composition, Sharpness and Exposure all nailed.
If you look just above this beauties head, you will notice cloning or healing brush circles.
The D300 has sensor cleaning!
Darth
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