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Mongo

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The Fantail Forest
« on: January 26, 2016, 01:42:21 »
In a small micro environment about 40 minutes drive away adjacent to the sea, is a small rainforest -like area dressed heavily in mosses, lichens and ferns. There, in this world of light and shadows live these fantails. They spend a lot of the day feasting on swarms of airborne insects in flight. Alas, Mongo did not catch them doing that but managed to catch them during their rest periods.

The second image was taken in softer, less contrasty light.

D4s, Nikon AFS 300mm f4 @f6.3, ISO 500-900, 1/800th, -0.3EV

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Longhiker

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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2016, 04:30:56 »
Beautiful detail and color. Very well executed.
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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2016, 05:37:34 »
Quote from: Longhiker on January 26, 2016, 04:30:56
Beautiful detail and color. Very well executed.

Thanks you for your kind comments and appraisal Bob. To be honest, if Mongo could have changed anything, it would have been to have a little more DOF.
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Anthony

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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2016, 10:29:41 »
Lovely creatures.
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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 12:46:21 »
Very nice! 
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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2016, 17:31:57 »
Mongo did well  :)
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Longhiker

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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 17:47:18 »
Quote from: Mongo on January 26, 2016, 05:37:34
Thanks you for your kind comments and appraisal Bob. To be honest, if Mongo could have changed anything, it would have been to have a little more DOF.

That contributed to the 3-D effect. For any image there's always many ways it could be done; all could be just fine. It's just the way you did it that time.
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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 20:33:47 »
Mongo, as always, you captured the critical lively moment of this little, apparently fast moving bird.  #1 indeed deserves to be placed on the top.
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Re: The Fantail Forest
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2016, 20:35:55 »
thank you all for looking in and for your kind comments.
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