"Flying High"

[Gus Cobos]

“Flying High”

This graceful fellow was flying along the marsh’s edge in Shark Valley, Florida’s Everglades National Park. He was painted with a Nikon D300s, 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 @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +1 degree / support platform – hand held /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Lots of detail under the wing Gus !! Exposure on the money and razor sharp !!! Doing well with birds !!! Proud of you !!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

One of your best bird in flight my friend. Al said it all.
Congrats

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice exposure techs and framed well. Good eye, nice sky and I see fine detail in the whites - well done sir :)

[Lance Peters]

Lovely Gus - nice detail and just love those pink wings.

[kostas nianiopoulos]

well done Gus , coments abpove has cover me ... great image.

[Harshad Barve]

This looks good Gusbhai , lot of details and nice wing pose , wont be able to comment on sharpness or colors as I am on Laptop in one remote Jungle of Madhya Pradesh but they look on this HP Laptop;)
TFS

ps , You have steady hands , that 300mm/f4 is non-VR lens :)