Landing into 2012

[Troy Lim]

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a safe and happy new year. Hope you get lots of killer images!!!


Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 850 mm
ISO Speed 320
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[Randy Stout]

Troy:

Good landing pose, like the full wing spread, well exposed.

I normally don't alter the saturation, but this image could stand a bit more to my eye.

I might also consider a small crop from below, and a very small one from the right.

Happy New Year!

Cheers

Randy

[Troy Lim]

[Randy Stout]

Troy:

This looks better to my eye!

Cheers

Randy

[Troy Lim]

Thank you for your help.

[gail bisson]

Repost looks great. Good wing spread and head position.
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Troy, good landing pose with the outspread wings, and I like how the spoonie stands out against the darker BG. Your repost does look better.

[Randy Stout]

Troy:

I looked at your image again, and I do like the crop in the repost, and the slight boost in sat., but the bird still seems a bit flat. I spent a minute boosting the contrast on the bird only. Subtle, but I think it helps the bird pop a bit more from the background without looking unnatural.

Your choice of course, just trying to polish the apple a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[Joe Senzatimore]

I liked the first re-post the best. The second one looks a bit over procesed. This is , of course, a matter of taste. Overall I think this is a fine image. I might have cropped off the bottom to get rid of the oof foreground.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

I like the landing pose with full wing spread and the 3D effect this one has. I also prefer the 1st repost, even though the 2nd one has more dimension on the bird the color punch out too much for me (however I never see these in real life so the color comment is just my feeling).

[James Salywoda]

Excellent landing pose captured Troy beautiful detail and pose.