Black-necked Stilt "On Golden Water"

[James Salywoda]

Black-necked Stilt
Southern, California

Well I went out a few days ago hoping for some clean looks at some wintering ducks but with no luck it seems as I can
always come across these beautiful birds as they are very cooperative this was taken at last light during the golden hour.;)

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/600 F7.1 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Harshad Barve]

Oh man , what a surreal lighting here
Lovely pose , great deatils and compo
TFS

[Lorant Voros]

James, this is one of my favorite birds and what a presentation it is. Beautiful magic light, lovely colors, composition and exposure control, sharpness. I can't stop looking at this one. Well done.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Super lighting and perfect framing. James, you really created a wondeful photograph here IMHO. Thanks so much for sharing. :)

[subramanya_ck]

I love the composition and exposure. Nice job

[Kiran Poonacha]

great expo Bhai, good pose, angle, nice details and colours too.. congrats..

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful image taken in magic light.

[John Blumenkamp]

Wow... this is great James. The stilt would look great alone in that light, but against that water is really awesome. Great pose and low angle as well.

[David Fletcher]

Magic! Just plain old fabulous Jim!

[Marina Scarr]

THe light doesn't get any better than this. Those blacks are exposed perfectly...they shine!

[denise ippolito]

James, Very beautiful golden lighting and very nice exposure. The blacks do shine. Very very nice!

[Doug Brown]

Great light, nice pose, and gorgeous water. Good job Jim!

[Danny Laredo]

Super sweet image James. Great colors detail and exposure.

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty you have here! Great composition and lighting.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

This is gorgeous. The lights are stunning. Sharpness and subject is cool :D

Szimi

[Bryan Hix]

James, this is really nice. I love the light and the colors of the water and BG. Awesome job, I would love to see a large version of this!