Bar-tailed Godwit

[Mital Patel]

Bar-tailed Godwit
Dec 18, 2010, 10:05am
Taken with 1D Mark IV, 500 F/4, 1.4 TC
1/1250, f/8, ISO 320 @ 700mm

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely pose captured here Bhai, nice angle too..

[Aidan Briggs]

Great pose and low angle here. Good HA too. Some of the whites look a tad bright to me.

[Randy Stout]

Mital:

Very effective, low shooting angle.
Neat foot up striding pose.
Nice BG.

Whites look good on my monitor except perhaps the tibials are a bit warm.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful low angle capture; great alert pose with raised leg. Lovely background. I wonder what it would look like if the whole bird were just a tiny bit darker? But good shot in any event.

[Dan Busby]

Nice all around from my view point Mital. Did you use flash? - there seems to be a second highlight in the eye and I would consider eliminating the small one. Love the BG, lifted leg and HA.

[Alan Murphy]

Beautiful image of a species i wish I had.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I think it could go a teeny bit darker overall, but strong image. Good low angle, pose, water, BG. Well done!

[Craig Brelsford]

Your low angle is worthy of mention, as is your good exposure (could be darker, as Daniel said, but at least you haven't blown any details). I like the walking pose.

[Chris Martinez]

Nice clean and crisp image of an unusually fluffy Godwit!! Gotta love the those bright eyes(I know there is only one:cool:) looking straight back at you!

[Mital Patel]

thanks all for ur kind suggestion. this is pure natural light as the winter is on peak and at the coastal area i was the light was just on direct contact with cold so soft not harsh and pure gold.

@Dan - i dont use flash

[Mital Patel]

As per suggestions about a white's and exposure here is the another version. i corrected whites and reduce the expo a bit for white specially.

how bout this ?

[Mark Young]

Nice pose and low angle. The upraised foot is a nice element to have in this image.

[Chris Martinez]

I think the repost is great improvement. Lots more definition in the white feathers now.:)