High-Key on the High-Sea

Gallery: AvianPosted February 1, 2015117 views8 comments

A different avian shot than what I normally do - but this year I'm trying to be a bit more creative and push my boundaries.

I had never seen a Magnificent Frigatebird in Florida on my many trips down there (so plenty in Central America) so I was happy to find this bird effortlessly flying above the intracoastal in Jupiter Florida.

Nikon D7100 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH from a boat
1/2000s
ISO 800
f/8

Cropped to about 70% for compositional purposes, converted to B&W and bumped a bit to make it a true high-key image

- Luke

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on February 1, 2015 at 11:58 AM

Seen these birds in Sarasota Florida some years back but not on last years visit. Like your idea on creativity, this certainly works for me .

Keith.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on February 1, 2015 at 12:08 PM

Hello Luke

Great to look outside the box. Interesting composition .

Bill

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 1, 2015 at 12:31 PM

Hey Luke, great to hear that you are trying other things, this one looks really nice - wish you had posted a larger version.. I have made a similar shot of this bird while in Cuba last month - with some clouds as well in the BG - but to be honest, I guess I like yours better

.. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 1, 2015 at 1:51 PM

Thanks Hans - btw the larger photo is available

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 1, 2015 at 3:11 PM

Glad to see you thinking differently and trying something new Luke. I like the concept of this, but I do find myself wishing the sky had some color to it.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 2, 2015 at 1:47 AM

Cool effect, Luke. I've always thought they looked and flew like kites...

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 2, 2015 at 7:46 AM

neat shot, Luke. It could use a black bg/frame to set it off from the rest of the NPN page.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 4, 2015 at 10:37 AM

Brian - thanks for the suggestion. I think this works much better.

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