Woody

Gallery: AvianPosted March 23, 2010118 views5 comments

Another of the characters I found on my visit to Guana River WMA last week. This guy kept me amused for quite some time as he would reach way down into the cavity to get his meal, flashing his backside in the process.

Taken late afternoon but the light was still a tad harsh. I tried to control the BG as best I could and still get good DOF, not certain I succeeded.

Thanks for looking.

D300
300mm f2.8
TC-14E II
1/500 sec @ f4.5
ISO 800

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 24, 2010 at 12:41 AM

Nice job, Chuck. The exposure looks fine and the dof works for me. It might have been nice to get the sky out of the bg, but it doesn't look to me like you'd be able to get a decent angle on the bird if you moved to the left very much.

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on March 24, 2010 at 9:29 AM

Looks like you got the best result possible under the circumstances you described. The exposure is about perfect and nice sharp details to boot.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 24, 2010 at 5:49 PM

Very nice; great pose!

D&L

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 24, 2010 at 6:24 PM

Nice exposure in a tough spot. The large patches of blue sky do distract me from the bird a bit and it would have been great to get a bit of a head turn toward the camera to achieve better eye contact as I think that would have strengthen this image. The perch tree is nice as it adds some nice texture to the image.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on March 24, 2010 at 9:02 PM

Ohh! my favorite bird! What a lovely pose. I think you did very well with the situation. I'd love to have a picture like this. Nice job Charles.

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments