Dancer

[Fabs Forns]

Just got back home from the Surf and Turf workshop together with our partner James Shadle. This will be a yearly event :)
Taken at DeSoto during the IPT, in the water, early morning. 90% of frame, bill shine removed.

Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens (mm): 600
ISO: 500
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter: 1/1250
Program: Manual

[James Yule]

Holy smokes Fabs the light is breath taking. Nice job!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Fab-ulous. Showing the bird in his/her elements. Lovely way to capture this at low angle. Liked everything about it...light, exp, sharpness, DOF and pose is killer.

[Harold Davis]

looking good, mom!! i always like seeing the water reflecting on the feathers. cool effect. glad you guys got back home safe!!

[Aidan Briggs]

Wow, that is killer. The reflection on the body, and the upraised wing make this image!!

[Paul Lagasi]

Very nicely done...sharp, wing and head position make this image for me

[Randy Stout]

Fabs:

Lovely as presented, for all the reasons mentioned above. Of course, I am not partial to reds at all:D

The only adjustment I might make, would be to pull down the mid tones just slightly, as I find it a bit bright for my personal taste.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Fenton]

Like the pose, action and sharpness. Really like the wing position and the intensity of the stare toward the water.

Agree with Randy about the mid-tones and the reds look a bit hot to me. If I look at the histogram, they are stretched right to the very high edge.

[Sid Garige]

wondeful pose Fabs. Excellent image.

[Fabs Forns]

Thanks all for your comments.
Randy and Jim, are you familiar with early morning light????

[Steve Maxson]

Very cool, Fabs. I like the action pose with the bird looking intently at the water. The sweet light, the wing arched over the head, and the plumes trailing behind make this one special.

[Karl Egressy]

Great position and beautiful light, Fabs. The red and white morp at De Soto North Beach is a treasure.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great action you captured in this image. The wing over the head and intense look really make this image stand out!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning to say the least. Great timing and I love the action and beautiful color and detail in this image. Fine work Fab.

[A_Maddah]

Hi Fabs
Great shot.I like the wing position , the eye contact and the splashing water.
TFS

Asad

[Myer Bornstein]

excellent capture and color Love it

[D. Robert Franz]

Nice work Fabs. Reddish egrets are so much fun...

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Fabs, excellent timing to capture the wing as you have. super low angle, and I really like the pastel colours in the image. Congrats.

[Nancy A Elwood]

Fabs this is Fabulous!!

[Jim Fenton]

Is early morning light a Canon thing? :)

Of colurse I'm familiar with early morning light Fabs.

Just noting what my eyes convey to me.

[Richard Waas]

Fabs, What a terrific catch. The morning light adds tremendous color and mood to this image. Just wonderful, Congrats!!

[Mike Tracy]

For this bird it is the ideal wing position and I like the HA. The trailing plumes add a nice touch and good structure in the neck feathers.

I can't figure out what created the horizontal lighter band.

[Fabs Forns]

I can't figure out what created the horizontal lighter band.

That's water reflection, Mike, I get it very often on very still waters.

Thanks everyone

[Mike Tracy]

That's water reflection, Mike, I get it very often on very still waters.

Mike to himself.......Duh.

[Fabs Forns]

For the ones that think the bird is too light or lacks midtones or has a spiky red channel, think this bird is over a flat body of water reflecting every bit of light back up to him. This is what I saw and this is what I wanted to portray. Of course, I could take artistic license and make him the color I want but this time I decided not to.

Thank you all for you comments, very much appreciated. Just wanted to clarify the thought process and reality behind the image.