Anhinga Portrait - Ding Darling

[John Harper]

Hi There

Not posted here for a while as work has got in the way... and most of my subjects are captive...so not deemed as proper wildlife photography.

However I was fortunate enough to have a weeks holiday recently on Captiva Island and was at Ding Darling most mornings.

This shot is of an Anhinga perched on a branch with deeply shaded Mangroves behind making an almost black background.

Hope you like

John H

Exif EOS 7D 500F4L ISO 1600 1/400 @ F4

[Bill Dix]

Lovely colors, detail and comp against the dark bg. A bit of head turn would put this over the top.

[Randy Stout]

John:

Nice portrait shot, agree with Bill about head turn. Detail, colors, BG work well.

Cheers

Randy

[Peter Farrell]

Beautiful portrait, sharp, great detail and the bird looks great with the dark BG.
Peter

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Loved the sharpness and the pop. Liked your composition a lot too.

[Harshad Barve]

Super details , killer BG , excellent
TFS

[AlvanBuckley]

Awesome BKGR and detail. As mentioned a slight head turn would improve this. But I still thing it's a great image!

[Kris Mortensen]

Great shot, the black background really sets off the feathers, love it!