Flamingo Heart

Khaos

I caught the guy in the foreground just at the time the one in the background was in the right place to make a heart shape.



A closeup of him alone.

gluwater

Nice shots Khaos. I like the first but whish the Aperture was a bit larger to get both in focus.

I have to get to the zoo one of these days.

Netgarden

Cool shots Khaos. I muffed all my flamingo shots at the zoo. 7 photos and none had a good subject in the right place. You did great.

gluwater wrote:

Nice shots Khaos. I like the first but whish the Aperture was a bit larger to get both in focus.

I have to get to the zoo one of these days.

Harryb

Two excellent shots.

Khaos

gluwater wrote:

Nice shots Khaos. I like the first but whish the Aperture was a bit larger to get both in focus.

I have to get to the zoo one of these days.

Thanks.

I would of loved to use a smaller aperture to get both in focus, but I was in a round pavillion style area and these were part of a trained flamingo show and it was raining, and these guys were moving around a lot. To eliminate blur with a faster shutter and still get detail, a 2.8 AV was what I used along with a 400 ISO.

I probably should of tried an 800 and seen if I could of bumped the aperture down to 4, but hindsight is my friend.:D

gluwater

Khaos wrote:

Thanks.

I would of loved to use a smaller aperture to get both in focus,

Smaller, Larger, I forget if I'm coming or going. I always say the wrong thing when talking about Aperture, thanks for getting my point and not flaming me.

khaos wrote:

but I was in a round pavillion style area and these were part of a trained flamingo show and it was raining, and these guys were moving around a lot. To eliminate blur with a faster shutter and still get detail, a 2.8 AV was what I used along with a 400 ISO.

Well with those variables it really is a wonderful shot. I never would have guessed it was raining.

khaos wrote:

I probably should of tried an 800 and seen if I could of bumped the aperture down to 4, but hindsight is my friend.

isn't it all of ours.

Anson

Khaos
A super fun photo!
Nice catch!

Regards

Khaos

Netgarden wrote:

Cool shots Khaos. I muffed all my flamingo shots at the zoo. 7 photos and none had a good subject in the right place. You did great.

Thank you.

Keep trying. I've definately deleted more flamingo shots than I've kept.:D

Khaos

Harryb wrote:

Two excellent shots.

Thanks Harry. I appreciate it.

bfjr

Great timing and excellent work

Khaos

Anson wrote:

A super fun photo!
Nice catch!

Regards

Thanks anson.

Khaos

bfjr wrote:

Great timing and excellent work

Thank you Ben. Machine gun shooting will make sure you'll get something, right? For me it means a lot of deleted pics, and every 100 or so I get one of these.:D

iceman17

Wow now thats cool,what a great capture.This bird is a good example of the type that I was we had up here.Perfect for a Valentinesday card...ice

Rohirrim

Nice Captures. That second one is a great close up.

Kirwin

Excellent!! Comp, color, subject (especially comp) are all good.

Khaos

iceman17 wrote:

Wow now thats cool,what a great capture.This bird is a good example of the type that I was we had up here.Perfect for a Valentinesday card...ice

Thanks ice. I may have to try it as a valentines card.

Khaos

Rohirrim wrote:

Nice Captures. That second one is a great close up.

Thanks. I have that as my desktop wallpaper right now. The colors really jump on a 22 inch screen.

rutt

Oh I love this. I a sucker for these birds. They are SO bizarre and unlikely.
Great composition and great capture. Great sharpness and great bright delicate colors. If it were mine, I'd try to sell to a greeting card company for Valentine Day cards. I'll bet you can.