Hudsonian Godwit

[Bill Sharkey]

Caught this little guy with its face in the mud last fall. He stuck around for about 3 weeks before heading further south.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2210415098_9174f2e4fa_o.jpg

Bill
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[Tony Whitehead]

Interesting shot with the muddy beak and face and drops in mid air. Lovely light on the side. A bit of fill flish would have opened up the shadow areas on th breast and forehead. A little more space around the bird would be good and I would clone out the distracting red braches in the water behind the bird

[Rene Quenneville]

Beautiful bird. The side of the bird is weel exposed. The deep shadows around the face are a bit distracting. Have you tried some shadows/highlights in photoshop? You could also clone the red branch in the background.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Unique image Bill and the nits have been covered. Thanks for sharing !!

[Maxis Gamez]

Lovely light. The branches in the BG is very distracting. The mud is a great plus in this photograph.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

That face looks too funny. Nice light, it would have been better if the sun would have been behind you. You could use S/H to get more details in the shadows. Other nits have been mentioned.

[Bill Sharkey]

Thanks for the comments everyone, appreciated :)

Bill