Black-necked Stilt

[Bill Dix]

One more long-bill, before I head out for the weekend. Black-necked Stilt at sunset, Moss Landing, CA. 2013.

D7000, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1250, 1/1000s @ f/7.1 manual. Full-frame.

[Randy Stout]

Bill:

Nicely exposed, good POV, good light, like the tiny drop, the slight gap in the mandibles.

Just for purely personal taste, might trim 10% of the free space off the top.

Cheers

Randy

[John Robinson]

Another nice Stilt Bill. Still envious. I agree maybe a tad off the top ?
John

[keith mitchell]

Lovely the way you have caught the sunset on the birds plumage Bill, fine with the presentation ,would have loved to have seen it with the whole reflection, very nice work.

Keith.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Beautiful light Bill. The small water droplet about to hit the surface is nice a touch.
Well done!
TFS!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice light, and the hint of pink legs adds to the image. The drop is a good bonus. I do feel the subject is a tad low in the frame though.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely light, beautiful bird, nicely shown. I agree with a little off the top, maybe a 16x9 taking from the top. Thank you for sharing, Bill.

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking bird in beautiful light, Bill.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks all. I'll take a look at trimming a bit off the top.