Landing Curlew

[arash_hazeghi]

Curlew #3, you are cleared for landing, runway #4, look out for the mud on the runway!!!

http://www.stanford.edu/~ahazeghi/Photos/birds/curlew%20landing%20bpn.jpg

50D + 400 f/5.6 1/1600sec f/6.3 ISO400 sw DPP. Hope you like it :)

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice image. Lights, sharpness and pose is fine.
I was playing with different cropping and found tighter crop even better for this. Cutting the mud shore completely and the from the left improves the image - at least for my personal taste.

Szimi

[Daniel Belasco]

Great lighting.
I could see playing with a different crop also. I like verticals, but to each it's a personal opinion.
The dark area between the legs is distracting.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys, here's one without the mud

http://www.stanford.edu/~ahazeghi/Photos/birds/curlew%20landing%20copy.jpg

[Keith Bauer]

I like the second crop much better. I too found the mud a bit of a distraction from the real subject. Nice work

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice image. I really like the light. I prefer a bit of habitat so probably the first post, although both are fine. The only small distraction for me were the few hl's on the left foot. Nice low angle. Dave

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arash, both comps work well, but my take would be to take about half off the top,( between bird and frame) and add more mud at the bottom. Best of both worlds??? I like the landing pose, together with the light and colours. Overall, nice and sharp too. Well captured.

[denise ippolito]

Arash, I like the re-post and the OP. The landing pose and details are very nice.

[Gal Shon]

I prefer the OP much better.
I like the FG and BG, light, landing pose and Comp.
It seems a little oversharpened on my monitor.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I like the OP Arash, as the ground gives it a sense of purpose (landing). On the same thought, I also like the tight crop. Probably good both ways, depending on how you want to present it.
I love the muddy bill and legs that tells a great story!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost was going to be my suggestion as everything else looks so great, light, pose, detail, BG, species and natrual moment are grewat. Congratualitons!