Spectacled Caiman

[Nancy Bell]

Photographed in Costa Rica this past spring, while floating by in a small boat.

Cano 1D Mark IV, Canon 400 DO f4, 1/2000, f4.5, ISO 1250

C & C most welcome.

[DanWalters]

Like the color of the head and the nice reflection. Nice colors in the water as well.

[Marina Scarr]

Nice capture, Nancy. Love the colors in this one. If it were mine, I may try to clean up some of the water spots in the front and give it some CW rotation.

[jack williamson]

Well done Nancy, I like the colors, f4.5 looks just right. I think Marina is right about a little cw rotation

Jack

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice colours and angle here Nancy...I do agree on a slight rotation CW but be careful not to do too much...the cayman wasn't lying perfectly perpendicular to your position and therefore shouldn't be totally level.
A good way to gauge the rotation needed is to line up the tip of the cayman's nose with the corresponding nosetip in the reflection...they need to be 100% vertically aligned (as opposed to trying to get the water line in front of the body to be level).

[Steve Canuel]

This is a really good reflection shot Nancy. I like how the neck/head splits off from the rest of the reflection. Agree it could use a touch of CW rotation, (good tip from Morkel), I kinda like the spots in the water.

[Danny J Brown]

Ha....I didn't think you shot this one out your window in Colorado! I really love your composition Nancy and wants you get it tilted right with the world it will be perfect!

DB

[Nancy Bell]

Rotation accomplished and thank you Morkel for the nose tip advice. I wondered about the water spots but decided there are just too many. And Danny, you are so right about this not being a Colorado mountain species !!

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Nancy, with it being so symmetrical, would it be worth loosing some from the top to equal the bottom? I think it could also do with a hint more USM just on the Caiman and dropping some of the red in it, WDYT?

Hi Morkel, could you not just use the Ruler in PS, simple, easy and takes a lot of the guess work out?

TFS
Steve

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hi Morkel, could you not just use the Ruler in PS, simple, easy and takes a lot of the guess work out?

Probably......guess we all have our 'methods'

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks for your advice, Steve. Here's the repost.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Repost is great. Love the colors and pose. Maybe 1 more degree CW rotation (Or maybe its just my eyes). Very nice Nancy!

[Grant Atkinson]

Good job on the repost Nancy, and an strong shot to begin with...