Eye contact

[Fabs Forns]

When birds are perching on roofs or top of structures, nothing more fun than stopping down and waiting for that symmetrical pose, the decisive moment!
Taken at a bird sanctuary in St. Petersburg, Fl, on a very wet 4th of July week-end.


Model: Canon 7D
Lens (mm): 330
ISO: 800
Aperture: 11
Shutter: 1/320
hand held

[Doug Brown]

Those eyes are incredible Fabs! I like that there isn't quite perfect symmetry; eyes are level but bill is pointed slightly off to the right. Neck bulges off to the left. High-key adds to the image IMO. I never knew that their eyes were both so visible from below but it makes sense given how they hunt for food.

[dawn campbell]

Very striking image Fabs.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool point of view and I also like the stare and we can see the bulge in the neck. Isn't the iris normally a bit yellow? From this angle the bird looks like an alien. :)

[Fabs Forns]

Cool point of view and I also like the stare and we can see the bulge in the neck. Isn't the iris normally a bit yellow? From this angle the bird looks like an alien. :)

That's what it looks like, not yellow, maybe the cloudy day????

Thanks!!!

[Nancy A Elwood]

Fabs wonderful perspective! You do help me to look outside the box:).

[Danny J Brown]

Iconic shot, Fabs. I think it would make a cool logo image.

DB

[Troy Lim]

Nice shot, something I got to try sometimes. :)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Unique and slightly assymetrical.. Hard to pull off these shots, but you have succeeded. Can tell the wheels ar always turning. we don't expect amything less from you :)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Well spotted & captured. Those eyes are awesome & ditto it not being perfectly symetrical makes it interesting. Great photography Fabs!

[Steve Kaluski]

Brilliant POV Fab and the minimal colour works extremely well ;)

TFS
Steve

[Rahul Sachdev]

Fantastic POV. Loved those Eyes and the dash of yellow added by the beak

[Tony Whitehead]

Great job, Fabs. I love the high key and pastel colours.

[Loong-Tat Wong]

Hi Fabs
Love the image. Out of the ordinary and very striking!

[Stu Bowie]

A different perspective all together, and it works so well. Good show of the eyes, sharp, and overall well exposed. Well thoughtout Fabs.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome Fab and very creative. The exposure is perfect and the composition is over the top !!! Love it !!!!!

[Bill Jobes]

I love the most unusual angle dynamics at play here, Fabs. This is a perfect example of beautifully exploiting an unusual pose opportunity.

[Mike Fuhr]

Great out of the box perspective, Fabs. Love those beady eyes staring at me!:)

[Krijn Trimbos]

A very cool shot. Love the almost perfect symmetry and the high key effect here. Those eyes are priceless. Excellent shot Fabs!

[Ramon M. Casares]

What could I say...? This is just superb Fabs, outstanding aestheticsm comp and framing! Huge congrats!!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Love it love it...great OOTB thinking and I love that you can see all those graphic details that are usually missed :)
Miis you too :(

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent Fabs, completely symmetrical and great out of the box thinking! nice exposure too

[James Salywoda]

I love it great shot Fabs the look says it all.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Fabs, really creative. loved the high key treatment. Superb composition....very inspirational. Thx for sharing.

[Greg Basco]

Way cool -- love the graphic design feel of this!

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[DanWalters]

Really like the unique view and those eyes are amazing!

[Hendri Venter]

Congrats Fabs. This is awesome. I echo all great comments above.