This was taken a year ago at the London Wetlands Centre. I was lying on the boardwalk so could not get any lower.
Nikon D300s - Av Mode
Sigma 50-500 - at 500mm
Handheld (rested on a bridge)
Matrix metering
Al Servo
F8.0
1/500s
ISO 640
Small crop/tiny increase in sat. and contrast for web/reduce noise/USM
Oscar
Posted by Neil Burton on October 7, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Alost mono, very simple and effective.
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 8, 2010 at 3:50 AM
A nice shot Oscar and if you have anymore room at the bottom I would keep it in to give the reflection a little more space. It's hard to get it right with reflections, you either need it all in or crop hard.
I might be inclined to 'tidy' up the debris in the water a little. A slight CCW rotation might be in order since the leaves are going downhill a little.. The whites have been handled very well and some nice detail in the bird..
Brett
Posted by David Sewell on October 8, 2010 at 4:31 AM
You have handled potentially difficult lighting here cleverly, and the whites in particular are handled well. I agree with Brett about the reflection and the general tidying up of the image.
Discussion
5 repliesNikon D300s - Av Mode
Sigma 50-500 - at 500mm
Handheld (rested on a bridge)
Matrix metering
Al Servo
F8.0
1/500s
ISO 640
Small crop/tiny increase in sat. and contrast for web/reduce noise/USM
Oscar
I might be inclined to 'tidy' up the debris in the water a little. A slight CCW rotation might be in order since the leaves are going downhill a little.. The whites have been handled very well and some nice detail in the bird..
Brett
David
Nits covered but its a well handled shot and you did well in keeping the whites.
The only think I might add is to brighten the eye a little more.