Anhinga Display II

Gallery: AvianPosted May 19, 2016139 views6 comments

I finally got around to processing another frame from the Anhinga Display that I posted a couple of weeks ago. This is about as far down as he bowed before starting up again.

Based on the comments I received on that image, I decided to try taking the bg in this one to plain white rather than the grayish tone I had in the first post. Other than that, the processing was pretty similar.

7D2, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, handheld from boat, f/8, 1/800, iso 640, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped from a horizontal original to a 4x5 vertical with extra off the top and bottom to yield an image size of 7 MP before resizing. Taken at 3:31 PM on March 29th under cloudy skies.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 19, 2016 at 8:13 PM

I like your choice to go with the pure white bg Dennis. The Anhinga really pops and I think it's cool that the only real color is the feet and that nice blue eye. Fantastic pose, great image devil

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 19, 2016 at 9:20 PM

Wow, now that is a pose! Well done.
May

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 19, 2016 at 9:42 PM

WOW! I am impressed! Thanks for sharing. Would not change a thing.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 20, 2016 at 6:20 AM

This one's awesome too Dennis!!! Way to go seeing and taking advantage of a rare opportunity!

devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 20, 2016 at 8:28 PM

If I had not seen the eye, I would have sworn this was a high key black and white image. With that said, I think that I know you better and I don't think you do those kinds's of things very often. It is a very cool photograph.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 21, 2016 at 8:23 PM

Awesome behavioral image, Dennis. Very unique pose. The minimalist high-key approach focuses the attention on the anhinga. Very well composed too. devil

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