Curlew sandpiper

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7851208510_fdbb627359_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yograj/7851208510/)

Shot handheld while rolling around in the muck at Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Nikon D3000 with Sigma 50-500mm
1/1600 sec at f9 ISO 400.

[arash_hazeghi]

great low angle and details. light was a bit harsh

[Arthur Morris]

Yes to the harsh light but you can learn to work on that.... I do like the placement of the bird in the frame, its orientation to the imaging sensor, and the o-o-f birds in the BKGR. For the repost I selected the subject with the Quick Selection Tool, pulled up the curve, and ran both Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast from NIK Color Efex Pro 4 to the bird only.

[Bill Dix]

Great low angle, and I like the oof birds in the bg. Artie's repost really helped the harsh lighting -- a good advert for NIK Color Efex Pro. Except for the halos on the repost, attributable I'm sure to a quick masking job on the jpeg, which you could avoid when reworking the original.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the wet mud on the foot and ground. I too like the OOF birds, as well as the low angle. Harsh light, yes, the repost addresses that...but the eye needs a catchlight or reflection to give it some life. Some fill or better light angle (lower in the sky) would have helped with that.

[Arthur Morris]

Great low angle, and I like the oof birds in the bg. Artie's repost really helped the harsh lighting -- a good advert for NIK Color Efex Pro. Except for the halos on the repost, attributable I'm sure to a quick masking job on the jpeg, which you could avoid when reworking the original.

Good catch on the halos Bill. My bad.

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

Agree with bill and daniel, and loved the repost sir, Thanks a ton guys.