Short-billed Dowitcher

[Raybel Robles]

Taken over the weekend. After a lot of rainy days, shore birds are showing around a lot more here. Still was raining a bit when I took this shot and needless to say I was flat on the ground for this one and got up very dirty :)


D7100 | 300mm f2.8 with 2x TC | f/5.6 | 1/1000s | ISO 800

[Enrique Patino]

What a great image and soft light. Maybe a little more punch?

[Richard Flack]

Awesome image Raybel. Love the background, the low POV and the excellent pose. Also really like the reflection in the water. I am just wandering whether you could possibly brighten up the bird a bit and add a tad more vibrancy... just a thought. TFS

[Raybel Robles]

Thank you both for the great suggestion. I was kind of thinking the same thing of giving it a bit more punch, since on a cloudy day and no much light usually the image are bit flat. I wil try both suggestion and hopefully enhance the image.

[David Salem]

Great looking frame and I like the pose with the raised foot and the BG looks nice too. Techs and details look good and I agree with the others that a bit of a boost in saturation and or contrast would add a bit more pop to the Image. Well done

[William Dickson]

Getting down and dirty was well worth it Ray. Lovely image :S3:

[Ron Conlon]

I really like the tonal qualities.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent image here and I am OK with the contrast and colours as is, but I can see that a tweak there can help too. I really love the grass here - way cool! My only suggestion would be to add back a bit of canvas below if you have it...my reasoning is that as is the foot's reflection is skimming the edge of the bottom of the frame. A bit of a gap between it and the edge would strengthen the comp IMO.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Raybel, great eye contact, and well timed to capture the raised foot. Great low perspective, so getting down and wet really paid off here. :w3

[Mike Poole]

Excellent shot, well worth the dirty clothes! I agree with the bit more 'punch' suggestions

[Binu John]

Lovely shot! Excellent pose, light, colors and POV! Well done.