Marbled Godwit

[Gavin Spooner]

On my recent visits to 2 different SW FL locations I have had great opportunities to shoot Marbled Godwits.

I liked this one as it was a little different. I have many in good light and great light with water drops from the bill, but wanted to post this instead. It does get some softness from the Picasa upload and resizing.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_j_UKapWIQ2w/SslkNbfvrSI/AAAAAAAAFlI/cUMBIfV_emo/s800/DSC_2326.jpg

[ramesh anantharaman]

hello gavin,

very nice image here. the foreground is a bit distracting IMHO. All else seems to be in place.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the low angle, the light is good and the open bill adds well, congrats..

[Paul Randall]

Don't see many tongue pics with shorebirds. FG is fine and low angle adds to it too. Exposure is well handled too.

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely compo with details, BG and expo
TFS

[Dean Ingwersen]

This is great Gavin. Sweet light, great control of exposure, and the pose is fantastic. Top work!

cheers, Dean

[Adams Serra]

Beautiful picture Gavin, love the low angle and nice BG. I miss Estero so bad:eek:

[Danny Laredo]

Gavin, this is very lovely. Sweet light and wonderful pose.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice light, pose and BG. Foreground is a bit dominant, and I wish we could see the feet. I would suggest resizing in PS before uploading, as you get a sharper image.

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent - I like the calling pose and tongue, nice light and sharp.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

This is just very nice. The open bill with its tongue is a nice bonus.

Szimi