Woody portrait

[Jim Poor]

His back was pretty much in shadow so I went with a portrait. Wood Duck eyes have always been weird, but this one caught mid blink or something is kinda freaky.

Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D2X
Image Date: 2007:03:11 160:44
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 600.0mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)


Post:
Pretty heavy crop, S&H, Resize, Sharpen.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Hi Jim,nice looking bird with excellent colors and light.my only nit, i would crop a bit at the top!

[Steve Maxson]

Jim, You caught the nictitating membrane at mid-blink - I didn't know it had a black edge in woodies. It certainly draws your attention to the eye. Very nice colors here. On my monitor the cheek feathers look a bit soft. I might try cropping the top and a little off the left.

[Jim Poor]

"nictitating membrane" now there's a mouthful. :D

Thanks for the suggestions on the crop. I started with more on bottom less on top but it wasn't working. Some off the top leaving the bottom where it is is probably a good idea, but the image is already suffering from big crop disease ;)

I've got better woody images, but the eye was unique in this one.