American Coot

by Angela McCain

Gallery: AvianPosted December 28, 2011137 views14 comments

Sugar Land TX. December 2011

D3 ISO 640. 500/4 with 1.7x tc. f6.7 1/1000s.

I like the repose of the bird.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on December 28, 2011 at 10:03 PM

Nice shot Angela, beautiful light, well exposed and excellent detail. Gotta love that pose - well done.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 28, 2011 at 11:45 PM

I like the pose this bird is giving you. Nice job on the exp with detail in dark feathers and the white bill.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 28, 2011 at 11:46 PM

A noble pose indeed. Excellent job on the exposure, didn't blow the white beak and still have sufficient detail in the black head. Comp works for me.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 29, 2011 at 7:41 AM

Neat pose, nice exposure - the bill and the blacks both look good. Comp is just right for my tastes. I do see a bit of a halo around the coot.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on December 29, 2011 at 9:01 AM

Angela, Hope you are having a nice Holiday Season. Nice looking coot. Love the pose and the exposure looks good. I do see the slight halo too. The composition looks good.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 29, 2011 at 10:37 AM

Yes - great pose and exposure.
JR

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 29, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Terrific exposure on a bird that really isn't the easiest to expose with those bright beaks and dark feathers. Always like the red eyes. Seem like an unusual pose to me, but that is what makes it more interesting. Nice work Angela!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on December 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM

Angela, interesting pose & nice detail in the blacks. Nice capture!

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 29, 2011 at 11:21 AM

Lovely pose and nicely composed Angela. You handled the exposure perfectly. Previous nits noted as well.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 29, 2011 at 12:56 PM

Cool pose and great job with the exposure Angela, it looks like you are enjoying your new lens

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 29, 2011 at 1:13 PM

Thanks to all. Not sure what to do now. Using ACR to initially sharpen after applying a mask to the background. Is the halo caused when I sharpen for the internet after resizing the image? I use photoshop and the unsharp mask for that according to instructions originally given to me by Ken Canning. I have been terribly unsuccessful in remidying my halos. I might even need lessons!!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 29, 2011 at 6:02 PM

Great pose and nice exposure on a tough subject.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on December 30, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Wonderful pose, the details are excellent. Very nice work Angela!

Happy New Year!

Ray

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on December 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM

Wonderful job on a bird that is always so tough for exposure. I often end up blowing out the bill when shooting these. You've got such wonderful detail in the blacks on the large version.

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