Descending Stork

[Philip Pietri]

Hit up the Harley Rookery with my father and Blake Shadle to shoot the Wood Storks that have recently started nesting.

Shooting solution:

D300
Tamron 200-500mm @ 460mm
Manual
1/1600 sec
F/8

[Harold Davis]

i like the composition and the incoming pose. it seems a little soft on my monitor.

[thijs broekkamp]

The incoming pose is very nice indeed, but the white is a bit overexposed

[Philip Pietri]

Thanks for the feedback, y'all. Harold, it looked a little soft on my laptop but my monitor at work shows a much sharper image - I'll probably do some very subtle smart sharpening - thanks for the heads up! Thijs, the whites are not over exposed at all. The histogram in-camera and in photoshop (checked all channels) confirm. Might appear that way because the feathers were very smooth on the whites and therefore showing less detail. Thanks again.