Willet - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

[Robert Amoruso]

Willet - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge created 12/31/10

Canon 7D
Canon 600mm f/4 IS L + 1.4x TCII
1/640 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Manual
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 400

[James Salywoda]

I love the pose captured and the water drops add nicely to the image
excellent shot.

I thought it looked a bit soft as presented I brushed in touch more sharpening
your original has a halo running along the top of the bill.
What do you think?

[Stu Bowie]

Good pose and HA Robert, and well timed to capture the single droplet. If this were mine, I would crop off from the bottom to take away just the body of the reflection. James additional sharpening looks good.

[Robert Amoruso]

Thanks for the crop idea Stuart - I was interested in getting comments along that line.:)

I don't worry about halos James for posting here unless they are really evident. I had a very difficult time around midnight trying to get it posted and once I did notice more sharpening was needed. At 12:30 AM I decided to call it a night. Chalk it up to tired eyes. :w It looks sharper on my original. Go figure.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Robert, the water drop and small splash add a nice touch.