Garganey at Sunset

[Somdeb Biswas]

Garganey at Sunset

I experimented with composition and sunset light in this shot. Shot against light, refrained from creating a silhouette of the subject as I wanted to keep the details of the subject as well.
Eagerly waiting for your comments on the matter/ shot.

Nikon D4S, Nikon 500 F4 FL, 1.4XTCIII; HH from boat.
Exposure Time -1/1250 seconds, F Number – 6.30, ISO Speed Ratings - 800

I appreciate all the critiques. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR VIEWING & INPUTS.

[David Roach]

Totally works for me. Beautiful light, water and bird. TFS

[Alex Becker]

Like the backlighting with some detail left on the bird. Greenery is nice, but I would clone out the two bits touching the head, and the two black dots under the bird. Great colors. TFS

[Colin Driscoll]

Lovely light. Because this is not a silhouette the bird could be lightened to show more detail without losing the sunset effect. Agree on the bits of cloning suggested.

[Daniel Cadieux]

IMO if you crop away half of the empty space below you will then remove a good portion of the dark oof stuff in the lower left corner and with that make the image even more successful. Nice mood to the image!

[John Mack]

This one has some mood to it. Like the way the duck is framed here. Great color in the water as well.

[Somdeb Biswas]

I am really grateful to for your inputs. This was an experimental shot. I overlooked some elements which were aptly pointed out by you all. I have to be more cautious.
Thanks again.
with warm regards,
Somdeb