Long-billed Dowitcher "A Colorful Transformation"

[James Salywoda]

Long-billed Dowitcher
SoCal

I caught this Dowitcher in between his molting stage from breeding to wintering plumage. The background kinda

mimics the colors in the bird.:)

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC

1/640 F6.3 ISO 640

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Don Thompson]

Absolutely beautiful colors and a great BG. Nothing negative from my POV.

[arash_hazeghi]

Smooth BG, excellent colors and excellent sharpness, very sharp given 1/640sec and 1260mm EFL!!! eye contact is great, only wish for full wing, those feathers are so beautiful.

[Doug Brown]

Gorgeous water Jim. Love the low angle and the nice light. I kind of like the wing position as is. I might remove the specular highlights from the bill. Can you take photos there again?

[Jóhannes Gunnar]

Fantastic image Jim, I love the water and those colors... Lovely pose as well!

[Aidan Briggs]

Sweet Stuff James. Great colors, light, BG, and pose. Where was this taken? Malibu State Beach Lagoon?

[Krijn Trimbos]

Lovely pose, low angle, HA. The water colours make this one for me. I wonder if a little more room on the bottom would make this even better.....

[Connie Mier]

I wouldn't change a thing on this photo, beautiful as is. Love the wing position as well.

[Matt Vosniak]

James,

This is absolutely fantastic. The colors in the water are soooo nice and the bird looks great. I really like the different wing position. Great Capture!!

[Lana Hays]

James
Dang.....if I don't stop drooling over this one, I'm going to fry my laptop. I'd trade a lot for that sweet light and pose.

[Danny Laredo]

This is just stunning James. The pose...light..colors and detail all top notch.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great colors, water is excellent, but the pose makes the image. I like the look of the underwing pattern,
and especially the eye contact. Congratulations!

[Ted Scalzo]

One of the best of this species I have ever seen. Congratulations.

[Stu Bowie]

All Im going to say is print large and hang.

[Dave Barnes]

Superb colours. I like the feather detail and comp. It dont get better than this.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one James, loved the pose and the light, great angle and good colours.. congrats..

Just a small issue: the head looks a bit soft to me.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

The light, pose and the reflection of the vegitation in the water are amazing. If you have one with the wings fully stretched, that would be even more amazing.

[abdulghani]

Amazing background colors and a beautiful pose.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

James, this is stunning!!! I love it. So nice level and the raised wings are a real plus.
Have you used flash?

Szimi

[James Salywoda]

Have you used flash?

Szimi


No flash was used here and thanks all for the nice comments.:)