Just a Coot

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Sony A850~Sony 70-400G@400mm~ISO 800~1/1600 sec~F6.3~manual exposure~HH~morning light~1-3-2011~West Houston (flood control reservoir), Texas~CS5
I liked the water color. Comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

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[James Alexander]

Nice eye contact, good reflection, and pleasing sense of easy motion. Thanks for sharing.

[Levina de Ruijter]

Hi Bill. That's a very nice image. Nice blacks and a good head angle. The water has a milky quality which looks lovely. May I ask how you did that?

[Dave Leroy]

Yes the water does does have a very nice texture to it. I guess from a panning motion, but I would have thought at that ss camera motion would not be apparent?

Nicely exposed for such a large dynamic range.

Dave

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Bill,

Greetings. Coots are pretty hard for the dynamic range and black feathers... I think you did a fine job. Good show!

I like the water as well... methinks DOF gives the effect.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Thanks for the comments. I didn't do anything the make the water that way! It is just a reflection of vegetation. I do wait for the bird to swim into an area where the colors seem interesting though. regards~Bill

[annmpacheco]

Bill, Nice image, I just returned from Florida and had many encounters with Coots. They are lively and sure like to chase others around. I appreciate the blacks here and the wonderful BG. I really like the red eye the white beak and all the black this bird has!, Ann

[pat lillich]

absolutely gorgeous coot. and the water is incredible.

[Julie Kenward]

There's nothing I love more than that sweeping feel to the water. How you pulled that off and still got the area around him to be so still is beyond me but great job! I also think you did a great job on the blacks - his head and neck are fairly dark compared to the rest of the image yet I can see feather detail throughout. Lovely image!