Ali Dusk !!!

[Alfred Forns]

From Anhinga Trail Alligator being reflected by the setting sun One incredible sunset !!!

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 1DMk2
400 5.6L
f 5.6 1/80
Av + 1.0
ISO 1600

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Alfred,
I am a little torn on this one........I love the colors and the overall look of this image......but part of me wants a little more DOF on the snout. Love the glow of the eyes from this angle.
Roman

[Steve Maxson]

Amazing colors on this one. Love the concept, but I wish the snout was sharper.

[Robert Amoruso]

Alfred,

I am not seeing critical sharpness on the head. Also, on this image you could have did a bracket of the nose and head and layered them in to get increased DOF.

[Alfred Forns]

Interesting at 1600 ISO and already 1/80 of a second there isn't much room for options Should have mention it was hand held with fight lens Robert's idea would have been great but even having a tripod mounted lens don't think it could be done with the animal's slight forward movement !!!!

[Robert Amoruso]

Interesting at 1600 ISO and already 1/80 of a second there isn't much room for options Should have mention it was hand held with fight lens Robert's idea would have been great but even having a tripod mounted lens don't think it could be done with the animal's slight forward movement !!!!

Bustin' your chops Alfred. I noticed the techs 1/80 sec. 1600 ISO. :)

[Judd Patterson]

Dang Alfred, that is some sweet light!!! Wish that I had been there to witness that. A little sharper would be nice, but 1/80 and handheld is quite a test. :)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Interesting at 1600 ISO and already 1/80 of a second there isn't much room for options Should have mention it was hand held with fight lens Robert's idea would have been great but even having a tripod mounted lens don't think it could be done with the animal's slight forward movement !!!!

Hi Alfred,
Hand held makes a big differnence. I only have the Mark3 and was looking at back-ups........does the Mark2 have an ISO of 3200?.......and is there a huge noise difference between the 2 bodies? I'm starting to believe in the high ISO's when you factor in some of the noise reduction software,
Roman

[Arlene Spagna]

Hi Alfred,
While the beautiful colored background works for me, I'm having trouble identifying the subject...as suggested it would have worked better if in focus.