Great blue over salt marsh

[Grace Scalzo]

Taken this chilly Long Island morning over a salt marsh.

Thank you for looking and for your comments.

Sunny 16, 1Dm2n, 700mm, bean bag from car window.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, pose and setting. Maybe a bit CW rotation. A bit more head turn would have been nice. Did you apply NR on the plumage?

[Grace Scalzo]

Axel, Thanks, agree on the CW rotation, agree on the head turn, (wasn't happening and I wasn;t going to trash the opportunity 'cause of that), and no NR to any part of the image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel, Thanks, agree on the CW rotation, agree on the head turn, (wasn't happening and I wasn;t going to trash the opportunity 'cause of that), and no NR to any part of the image.

Maybe it is just a little motion blur (wings), what was the shutter speed?

[Jeff Nadler]

Love the layered background!

[Grace Scalzo]

Axel, 1/1600, f8, ISO400

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Lovely image Grace. Sharp subject & I liked the background a lot. The blur vertical grass look like soft brush strokes of a painting...

regards,
Kaushik

[Linda Robbins]

Hi Grace -

The background is lovely, and you captured a nice flight pose. The placement of the bird in the frame is also good. The wished for head turn is the only nit.

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Linda

[James Salywoda]

A beautiful image Grace excellent comp.....

[Glenn Bartley]

A very fine and dynamic pose. Well captured!

[Jody Melanson]

I agree with Linda, Grace.

[Lana Hays]

Grace
This is beautiful. Colors are so pleasing to the eye. Nice flight shot with good detail and sharpness. I like the overall setting with this one. You might want to remove what appears to be some sharpening halos just to make it that much better. Well done.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great colors and wing position!