Staring (c)

Gallery: AvianPosted March 23, 2012638 views6 comments

This is a close-up of a stork eye at a wildlife park outside of Sydney, Australia. I saw the sun on the stork and was struck by the color in the feathers, so I set out to capture something up close that would show it. I really liked the sunstar effect in the eye here.

Thanks for looking!

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 70-300 @ 226 mm
f/5.2
1/400 s
ISO 100
Handheld
PS CS4 for raw conversion, web prep

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Sally Wood on March 23, 2012 at 8:33 AM

Wow, very nice.. beautiful detail and colors, and yes the star catch light is special!

Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 23, 2012 at 10:02 AM

I agree that sunstar is great, David. I love this composition with the huge emphasis placed on the eye. I do wish the eye ring was a tad bit sharper. Very nice as posted.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Alan Murphy on March 23, 2012 at 2:09 PM

Nice play with the light.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 23, 2012 at 10:00 PM

Nice detail & color in the feathers. I like the sunstar as well.

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 24, 2012 at 10:32 AM

I really like this. It is so different yet extremely interesting. the star highlite on the eye is super

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 25, 2012 at 6:23 PM

Love the "sunstar" and the compositional focus on the eye here David.
I agree with Matt, and wish for a bit more sharpness on the upper portion of the eye ring.
Great job getting this handheld & very nice as posted

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments