Stilt

[wendell westfall]

D90 70-200VR@200 1/2500 f5.6 ISO640 0EV monopod

Where there are baby avocets and stilts there are parents, too. Last week I found this Mr/Mrs Stilt whom I thought looked pretty good. I believe the object of his/her gaze might have been his/her shadow, since the sun was shining slightly right to left. How'd I do?

Wendell

[stuart wanuck]

good job uncomfortable with the branches in the background and blue discoloration in on left,nice image can clone the above out

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose and calm water. It looks as if it needs a bit CW rotation and I would try to get more details in the blacks and tone down the whites some. I'm undecided about the grass in the upper left.

[wendell westfall]

Axel, thanks. Please tell me how technically (I use LR2 and Elements) you would "tone down the whites some" . . . and how you can tell they need it . . .