The Unbearable Lightness

[dankearl]

A bit of PP on this (maybe OOTB), a bright bird on a dark BG and I just maxed it out and blackened the BG water.
A Glaucous Winged Gull (I think), I liked the top view of a common bird.
1/800
f4.5
iso400
420mm (300 f2.8 w/1.4)
Nikon D7000

DSC_5195nx2.jpg

[Grace Scalzo]

I like it, Dan. I think that a vertical with some canvas added top and bottom would be another option. the white feathers look almost as if they glow and it's an interesting effect.

[Karl Egressy]

The bird looks great. Love thebanking pose showing the to side, Dan. I'm not sure about the black backgroudn but it is a matter of taste, I must admit.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, I like the backlighting effect on the edges of the wings, and good details on the head. His food item a bonus. I feel to keep this in this forum, showing a bit of the water BG that you had will work, ( it will probably still pop, if you say your original BG was dark )

[gail bisson]

Very neat and OOTB. I would like to see this as a vertical,
Gail

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I like the back lit wings and the fact that you can see a foot.

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. Great wing spread, exposed real well, great head angle, and the dark background doesn't bother me. Although I would like to see it with the water as the background.
Well done.