Magnificent Frigatebird

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I photographed this male Frigatebird at James Shadle's boat in the evening when the clouds started to turn pink.



1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/8, ISO 400, cropped from horizontal

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Wonderful shot Axel. Love the BG, wing position, and HA. Exposure looks VG.

[Danny J Brown]

Great to see this awesome bird, Axel. You caught in in a cool position and I like the vert comp.

DB

[Robert Amoruso]

Axel,

Good details in the blacks of this hard to photograph birds (i.e., getting the right exposure for the blacks).

Sharing your reasoning behind the exposure chosen would benefit others.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the angle of flight & composition. Good head angle & feather detail. Great capture Axel!:)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Axel,
Great detail in the blacks and a really nice turn pose.....tail split is very cool also. Even at this small size I can make out the eye!!! Very nicely done!

[Stu Bowie]

You couldnt have captured a better angle than this. Great timing, well exposed, and of course the late afternoon light adds so much more. Well captured.

[Doug Brown]

Love the nice pose, sharpness, and BG. Nicely done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel,

Good details in the blacks of this hard to photograph birds (i.e., getting the right exposure for the blacks).

Sharing your reasoning behind the exposure chosen would benefit others.

Thanks for the kind comments!

Robert, I used manual exposure and metered off the sky and gave it +1 EC since the plumage is so dark. Shutter speed was high enough since these are large birds.

[Joe Senzatimore]

The composition is exceptional on this image. Just stunning.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose, details and bank position, I see some chroma noise in the feathers, cleaned up

[Axel Hildebrandt]

very nice pose, details and bank position, I see some chroma noise in the feathers, cleaned up

Thanks, Arash! In this case I would go with the original post because it shows the iridescence of the plumage which is gone in the repost. :)