Coot

Gallery: AvianPosted December 3, 2017164 views3 comments

Another from the same morning as my last post. This individual gave me lots of opportunities, though most of them has a solid reed background. I liked this one for the background and the pose. I'm not sure about the crop. I do have room on both sides with nothing too obnoxious in the background, so I'm open to suggestions.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 191 mm, handheld lying on the boardwalk, f/7.1, 1/3200, iso 1000 (I wasn't keeping up with the emerging sun), aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC with noise reduction in DxO PhotoLab. Cropped to 8 MP. Taken at 9:27 am on March 25thâ€Œ at the Annabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas (The Port Aransas Website indicates that it's still closed due to hurricane damage).

Your comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on December 4, 2017 at 12:47 AM

Wow Dennis. Nice job with the lighting and getting good detail int he blacks without blowing out the white beak. I love the reed mat under it, the look/pose is really cool. I think the crop is fine, but you could try a little less behind and above to see how that works for composition too.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on December 4, 2017 at 2:27 PM

This is really nice; surprised you haven't had more comments. The detail in the black feathers is very good. I like the pose. It's nice to get one out of the water with their yellow legs and large feet. Well done.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 4, 2017 at 3:57 PM

Nice job on the exposure here Dennis, and I like the pose. I think the comp is fine, but if you were to play with it any further I might be tempted to crop a tad from the right to align with the very edge of the top marsh grasses-giving the comp a slight off-set from the right as the bird looks toward the center of the frame. But that's a very picky nit! Cool shot devil

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