Flying Anhinga

Gallery: AvianPosted March 15, 201096 views13 comments

I was really lucky with the late night light and the detail I got on the blacks. My best anhinga flight so far.
Canon 7D 300 mm 2.8 L with 1.4 x lens
ISO 400 f4 1/1500 HH

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 15, 2010 at 5:13 PM

Great shot, Cheryl!
Mauro

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on March 15, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Fine flight shot, Cheryl!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 15, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Some fine light illuminating the underside. I like the composition a lot. Good sharpness everywhere, but the breast may be slightly soft - perhaps a little more dof? Big congrats on a fine flight shot Cheryl.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on March 15, 2010 at 8:10 PM

A fine shot indeed!
Congrats.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on March 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM

I really like the detail under the wings. I don't know how you got such nice detail in the blacks against the bright sky background. Great view of the eye, feet and beak too.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on March 15, 2010 at 10:29 PM

Beautiful Cheryl, great job on the blacks.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 15, 2010 at 11:45 PM

Good job. Cormorants and anhingas are a tough shoot.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM

Cheryl, you did a great job with an extremely difficult exposure. Looks nice and sharp too. congrats!

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on March 16, 2010 at 1:52 PM

Cool. So streamlined I almost confused it for a fighter jet. Nice work, Cheryl. These birds are tough to get the exposures on in the sky.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on March 17, 2010 at 5:36 AM

Great job on the exposure here Cheryl, to show so much detail on a dark bird against a plain sky takes a bit of doing. Graham

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 18, 2010 at 7:20 AM

Lovely light & details Cheryl and I like your choice of comp. I especially like how well the eye shows in this image.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 19, 2010 at 8:40 PM

tahnks all!!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 20, 2010 at 12:45 AM

A fine flight shot indeed - bird is sharp at all points and wonderful detail captured in the blacks. Like the eye too.

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