Early Morning Dowitchers

[Scott Frye]

Long-billed Dowitchers at Gilbert Water Ranch (Gilbert, Arizona)

1/1000 at F10 and ISO 400 EC -2/3
Bigma at 500mm
Canon 40D

[Graham Smith.]

Interesting image Scott. It feels a bit disorganized to me - which isn't necessarily a negative thing. Also, did you run noise reduction on the entire image? It seems like there is some detail loss, which is most evident on the face of the bird most furthest on the right.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the mood and soft light. I agree regarding more sharpening of the birds and would add some canvas at the top.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

Fantastic image with mood and lovely reflections!
Less speed and more Fs wold make things better.
Slight adjustment and unsharp mask just up to my taste:

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