White Wagtail

[Gabi Sandu]

I return to photography after 6 months break. Here a White Wagtail.
All comments welcome.

Techs:
Nikon D90, Sigma 150-500mm @ 500mm
f8.0 @ 1/1000 SS @ ISO-250
WB - manual
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/976/dsc5682023.jpg

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet bird and BKGR. EXP perfect. What is the BKGR? It looks like flowing brown water? Did you use flash? With the bird angled towards us a bit the head angle is a bit short of perfect; it needed to be turned a bit more towards us.

Yikes; I almost forgot the most important item: it needs more room above the bird.

[Gabi Sandu]

Arthur, the background is brown water like you guess.:) No, I had no use the flash. Thanks a lot for the sugestions.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Gabi and you are welcome. The water explains the second highlight in the eye. We do not see much brown water in these parts :) Where was the image taken? Where are you from?

[Gabi Sandu]

Arthur the photo was made in Romania, Piatra Neamt on a local river. The water was muddy because of to much rain before the date of photo.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Excellent shot, I agree a little more headroom would make a difference.

[Arthur Morris]

Arthur the photo was made in Romania, Piatra Neamt on a local river. The water was muddy because of to much rain before the date of photo.

Thanks for the info and the confirmation. All in all it is a good pipit image.