Hello everyone. I have been wanting to capture one of these guys out of the water for a while now but have never had the oppertunity. Well that all changed the other day. I went to the local lake and real cloudy weather and I just by the lake hoping for somekind of sunlight. About 6 of these guys came out of the lake and started walking my way I had to wait for them to get for them to pass me cause they were to close for me to focus. The following pic is FF.
C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Camera - Nikon 300s, Lense - Nikon 300 F4, Exposure - 1/160, Aperture - F8, ISO - 250, Focal Length - 450mm, Metering - Multi Segment, Flash - On -2EV, Manual.
Light is good. HA is great and the blacks look terrific. Good call on DOF. Nice BG as well. I have to say though, they are prettier in the water!!
Gail
Subtle flash work (which is good), I like seeing it out of the water to show off those great feet.
Like the detail showing on the body.
In a perfect world, a bit more room below, but I know you don't have it. Pointing the camera a sliver more down might have helped. It is always a challenge when you are working so tight in the camera, and most of the time we are just happy to get all the parts in the frame!
Neat to see one on the ground like this...makes it look stockier than when in the water. I know its hard to think "digitally" in the spur of the moment, but it would have been easy to add canvas above had you pointed the lens down a bit.
Good exposure (grat job on the bill!!), and nice details as posted. Any reason you didn't push the ISO higher for more SS?
Thank you all very much for all your comments, they are much appreciated.
Daniel- I should have set my camera settings but since I did not see anything to shoot and never expected for these guys to pop up I simply forgot.
Rookie mistake.
Coot
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