Fish for Dinner?

Gallery: AvianPosted April 15, 2017184 views6 comments

The stilts are always so elegant and with their black and white plumage, they remind me of a hoity-toity waiter in some super high class restaurant. This Black-necked Stilt was rather far away so I didn't feel comfortable with cropping any closer and decided to leave it fairly loose in the frame.

7D2, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/2000, iso 800, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 7.2 MP before resizing. I didn't do much to this but straightening, noise reduction and sharpening the stilt a bit. Taken yesterday at 7:55 AM at Charlie's Pasture Nature Preserve in Port Aransas, Texas.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

PS Thanks to Sandy for calling my attention to an oof bird in the bg (or a dust blob) off line so I could fix it and repost and again! I had to zoom in to find that second dust bunny.

Thanks

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 15, 2017 at 6:25 PM

Love this - tough to get that deep-set eye visible, bright, and red.
Great pose and leg position, nice prey, and beautiful water!
devil

Sandy

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 15, 2017 at 7:56 PM

Thanks, Sandy, and thanks for catching my dust bunnies.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 16, 2017 at 11:37 AM

I really like this, Dennis. The composition works really well and you caught a great pose from the Stilt. The fish is a great bonus.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 16, 2017 at 12:03 PM

I really like this one. I like the position of the bird in the frame and the reflection. Once again, a very simple image due to the natural environment. One of the nicer images from your trip.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 16, 2017 at 5:52 PM

The timing with the catch, the leg pose and exposure are wonderful, Dennis. While some may prefer a tighter framing, the wider comp really works to illustrate the open environment. Clean and simple image well presented.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on April 27, 2017 at 8:54 AM

Excellent Image Dennis,
You made some wonderful choices on this composition as all the elements work extremely well together.
A true work of art . . . laugh

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