Let's Have a Family!

[susanschermer]

A courting Anhinga pair. Yes, I wish for better female HA. What about the color balance? All comments appreciated.
Canon 1D Mark III, 400mm DO lens
ISO 640, f/8, 1/500 sec

[Rodney Flowers]

Seeing the courting actions are great. I hope to get courting pictures someday. It would be nice if the shadow areas were a little lighter with more detail. I believe some fill flash would have helped fill in the shadow areas. I would also prefer the sky to be a little darker. I do not know a lot about color balance yet so hopefully someone else can help you out on that.

[Matthew Gaige]

It looks like very low angled lighting, was it evening? This would make contrast high anyway. A little shift to the yellow but that is the tint for that time. The pose of the male is great with its eyes and fluffed feathers.

[Keith Carver]

Nice capture of this intimate courting moment. The male HA looks fine, and I like his extended wings. As for color balance, it seems a bit too yellow. In the repost I used the PS color balance tool to up the blue (yellow-blue slider) by about 30 points; maybe it's too much blue (not sure) but overall it looks a little more natural. Also opened up the shadows a bit.

[susanschermer]

Thanks, Keith. It did look a little too yellow for me. The AM sun was indeed at a very low angle and the sky was actually darker. I made it lighter in curves.