Project feathers (and fur?)

[Colin Driscoll]

Anhinga drying

50D 100-400 @ 400, 1/640 f10 -0.67ev iso400 430EXII -0.67

[Randy Stout]

Colin:

Your image shows the different types of feathers and textures on the anhinga well. The background is interesting without being distracting.
I see a sharpening halo around the bird on my monitor.
The whites behind the bill don't show much detail, but it may be the feather type there.
The pose looks a bit awkward, but that is mainly because anhingas always look a bit mismatched. Needs to find a bigger head!

Cheers

Randy

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Colin, I echo Randy's comments. I particularly like the textures in this :)

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks. Not sure what the halo is, I hardly needed to touch sharpening and can't see one on my monitor- something I always look for. Lack of texture in the white was my oversight in PP, it's there in the RAW image; I did pay attention to your advice on my recent Magpie shot Randy!

As for the head, well it's just a mechanism and guidance system for a speargun :D

[Katie Rupp]

Love the texture of the feathers and that beautiful smooth water to set it off.