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Wood Stork

by Wayne Willison

Gallery: AvianPosted May 22, 201168 views11 comments
About to land in a cypress tree.

D3s 300 x1.4 f.5.6 1/8000

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Love the "loaded wing" shot here Wayne. Beautiful blue sky BG and superb light-the iridescent greens are killer!
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 22, 2011 at 4:24 PM
I like the light you got on this bird Wayne. Nice position too. Those wing feathers are great with all the colors. In the larger version there is some noise showing up in the shadows under the wing closest to the viewer and in the BG. I might run a tad of NR on the BG if this were mine.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 22, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Great pose and eye contact. Nice and sharp. You don't mention the crop, but there is some noise that makes me think it is large-given the D3's capabilities.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 22, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Great wing position! Good catch of the elusive irridescent greens, too.
If it were mine, I'd clone out a small bit of the tree so the part right below the wing does not intersect it - just a personal nit.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Willison on May 22, 2011 at 5:05 PM
Yes, this is a fairly large crop, I tightened it for web. If I print it I'll back it off some for comp. There is no noise reduction used here, btw.
Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 22, 2011 at 7:35 PM
Really like the flight posture and light to show off that iridescence Wayne. Sharpness on the enitire bird looks very good. Don't think you needed 1/8000 and wonder about your ISO - perhaps that's the source of some of the noise.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Balke on May 22, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Looks great to me,Wayne. Apparently the noise level is the only indicator of a large crop here and I personally don't find it objectionable. Wonderful exposure and pose.
Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 23, 2011 at 8:15 AM
Nice & sharp, great exposure & light Wayne..Like how you've picked up those metallic colors of the inside left wing here.
I especially like the POV and comp with the cypress tree in front.
Well done! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by David Sparks on May 24, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Terrific flight shot. I, too, really like the iridescence of the greens on the wing.
Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 24, 2011 at 6:17 PM
Very interesting flight shot with the shadow and iridescent green showing on the wing. Good timing to get this, way to go.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 30, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Fabulous. Love how the green foliage echoes the green in the feathers in color and texture.


lucy
Registered on February 25, 2011, 189 Posts, 1160 Comments