Coot

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Was created from a hide in Hungary
Canon 40D Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/1000 f 4 iso 400
Thanks for every comment:)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Loved the low angle, angle of light and the details in the blacks. The water droplets add a lot to the image. A little CCW rotation is needed IMO. A beautiful and unique capture. We dont usually see many coot photos in this pose. Thx for sharing.

KD

[Kiran Poonacha]

A little rotation and a little more space at the bottom Bhai, but loved the angle, pose, great Bg and expo.. congrats..

[Brian Barcelos]

Agree about the rotation but don't mind the crop IMO. Love the wing position and BG. The eye really makes him stand out and great job exposing his dark plumage. Congrats

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure on the blacks, and well timed to capture the flapping wings. I just love the BG colours. I would maybe move him back a tad to the left, and add to the top.

[Danny Laredo]

Love the light pose and details in the black and under the wing.

[Randy Stout]

Manos:

Indeed, an unusual pose for a coot, great timing.

Nice detail in the blacks. The bill is blown. I opened it in ACR, and even lowering the exposure by 4 stops, the bill still had blown highlights. As posted, I started to get rid of the blinkies at 100% setting of the recovery slider.

My point is, these are incredibly challenging to get a correct exposure on, unless the light is very soft. I would say its even tougher on their bill, than white feathers are on a loon for example.

Another vote for a slightly looser crop, more top, bottom and to the right. Not much.

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Manos, Really beautiful pose and details. Agree w/ more room. Very nice BG.

[Danny J Brown]

Manos - As many coots as I see when I'm duck hunting, I never noticed how beautiful they are until all the photos started coming in this year. I like the action in this one and the little red eyes. The little birdy's bill seems to be overdone a bit on my computer. If you can pull that back a bit your shot will be even better. Thank you.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness, pose and BG. Rotation has been mentioned and I might remove the bright spots on the neck.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely pose , nice details on blacks , superb BG
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

killer angle. killer pose. killer light. one more vote for some space at the bottom...