Darter

Gallery: AvianPosted December 6, 201381 views6 comments

Anhinga melanogaster. Australia's Anhinga.Gorgeously rich colored plumage, which I have hopefully captured. In this case, I wish I'd had a bit more elevation to get the reeds as bg through the full image. I do like the calling pose.

7D, 300mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held, f10, 1/400, iso500, Av mode with no compensation. Processed in CS6 and cropped from the sides to a 3x4 ratio. Taken at Mareeba wetlands at 8:24 am on October 24th.

Your comments and criticisms are most appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 7, 2013 at 12:25 AM

Gorgeous, Dennis. Looks larger than the North American species. Excellent detail and very nice exposure on the back. If it were mine, I might clone out the brownish blob above the left wing.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 7, 2013 at 11:17 AM

Great shot. I agree about the blob. Need to see the biggie for the detail.
Excellent !
JR

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on December 7, 2013 at 12:05 PM

Classic pose, yet a very nice image, Dennis.
I agree with the comments about the clone.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 7, 2013 at 3:15 PM

neat shot, Dennis. nice pose and great detail, and a really nice setting--love the grasses and water. brown blob is maybe not ideal but is not a big issue for me, especially in the larger version where there's so much detail to hold my attention.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 10, 2013 at 6:28 PM

Great light, color and detail. I really like the graceful pose and the color of those feathers. The brown rocks (??) don't bother me too much but I would crop out the white expanse of the sky down to just above the rocks. That would eliminate the white sky and still leave you plenty of room IMO. Whatever you do it's still a very nice capture.

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Comment posted by May Haga on December 10, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Lovely detail in the feathers which you have captured beautifully.
Really like the spread out wings.
May

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