Killdeer

[hugh robateau]

Captured this image last Summer at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA. C&C appreciated. Thanks for looking.
Nikon D200 (http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/d200)
1/1500s f/7.1 at 850.0mm iso320

[Doug Brown]

I like this a lot Hugh. The angle, sharpness, exposure, and BG all work for me.

[Jan Wegener]

this is an incredible shot, I love the light and the wonderful brown water !!!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Agree with my Mate :) This is a wonderful image. Be sure I made a bookmark on it for my book :)
Szimi

[Del Cockroft]

Beautifully exposed and detailed. Perhaps a little more room on the right and maybe the whole of the reflection would have made this image absolutely perfect. A great image all the same. Well done.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice shot!!!
I Iove the details and red eye!!!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

wow, rich colours; exposure spot on; neat bokeh...

TFS,

rgds,
Kaushik

P.S. oh, did i forget to mention about it being tack sharp ...

[Simon Bennett]

Beautiful image - great detail and exposure control, and background.

[Marko Matesic]

This is masterpiece !!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great image, Hugh. I like the details, angle and complementing BG color. I only wish for a slight head turn and would clone out the gray part underneath your name.

[Gary Murray]

Great Image!

no nits, the comments above have covered it. capturing a reflection might be an option in the future however.
Can't wait until the return in late March.

cheers,
Gary Murray
http://garyamurray.blogspot.com/
http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmurray

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

That's a great image of a Killdeer. I like the background.It's hard to get a good background with these birds.