Gallery: AvianPosted October 7, 2010116 views11 comments
Rockport Texas. March 2010
I wish, I wish. The DOF was either larger (or smaller), but the fish detail in the pouch makes it for me.
D3 ISO 400 300/2.8 with 1.7 tc. f8. 1/2000 -0.7ev. Resting on car window.
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11 comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 7, 2010 at 11:02 PM
neat action shot with eye contact. Well done
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 8, 2010 at 1:05 AM
Nice Angela. You've already flogged yourself for the only problem with the shot.
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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Wonderful behavior shot Angela, the fish in the bill is great! Nice exposure, details and light
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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on October 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Wow! What a cool shot, especially with the semi-transparent pouch showing so much of the fish. Terrific shot, and while I see your point on DOF, I wouldn't have ever mentioned it, if you hadn't. The shot is very effective, just as is.
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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 8, 2010 at 10:48 PM
Very interesting image, the DOF is fine as far as I am concerned. IMHO if the back pelican was also sharp it could distract from the action in the pouch of the front bird. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 8, 2010 at 11:39 PM
That's quite a fish, really nice action Angela, I agree with you on the dof but that's minor.
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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on October 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Very neat shot Angela. The detail of the fish in pouch is what makes the shot, IMO. The detail and the exposure are excellent on the focused subject and I'm not at all bothered by the oof second bird. Nice work.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 9, 2010 at 9:16 AM
You nailed the exposure, the DOF is fine with your subject clear and sharp.
Excellent stop action, great light Angela
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Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 9, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Terrific capture, Angela. I'm fine with the DOF as is and I agree that the fish detail in the pouch really makes this image special. There is some "stuff" along the RHS that you could consider cropping out. Snipping the tail of the front bird doesn't hurt this image. So, snipping the back bird a bit likely would be o.k. too.
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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 9, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Great exposure Angela. Love the action and the fish.
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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Amazing shot with the fish in the pouch and great job on a difficult contrast type shot, well done.
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11 commentsExcellent stop action, great light Angela