When I saw this solitary flamingo sleeping in the shadows with the light softly falling on it, I thought that except for the band on its leg, it could be sleeping on some tropical island somewhere. It seemed to glow against the dark foliage. I did very little post processing to this image other than develop in ACR and then I darkened some white feathers in the background that were distracting, and darkened the band slightly with a Curves layer, then sharpened the image with Smart Sharpen. I deliberately left the image dark, because that is the way the scene looked but it may be a bit too dark on some monitors.
Nikon D200, 70 - 200mm 2.8 lens at f2.8 and 1/3000th, ISO 200.
I like the colors of the flamingo and the dark scene. It helps set the bird off from the background, butt...there is something that bothers me about this photo.
ReplyDeleteI really like the bright pink against the muted greens. The photo has great mood to it. Nicely done.
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