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Anhinga with bluegill
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Anhinga with bluegill

by BJ & Thomas Burget

Gallery: AvianPosted June 30, 2010141 views3 comments
Thom got this shot of the anhinga just as he came up out of the water with the fish! He would like a critique on the shot, and do I need to do much in PS to improve it? BJ
Canon EOS Rebel XT1 lens-70-300, f/13,1/200,iso 200 shot at 300mm.

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 30, 2010 at 8:41 PM
What an enormous fish and catch here. Don't be afraid to push that ISO up to get the speed you need for wildlife action. You also would have been able to get more speed with a smaller aperture. @300mm f8-10 probably would have been enough to capture it and would be sharper, which is what we are all after. Anhingas/cormorants are tough to shoot under the best of circumstances. Those dark eyes trick the autofocus. Keep shooting.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 1, 2010 at 12:39 AM
Nice action but it's somewhat soft. As Angela said something like iso 400, and somewhere between F5.6 and F8 with the corresponding increase in shutter speed would have helped sharpness and stopping the action. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by June Marie Wingert on July 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM
You must have been very patient to get this shot, did you use a tripod?
Registered on July 1, 2010, 8 Posts, 137 Comments