Black - winged Stilt

[Ofer Levy]

1D mark II, Canon 500 f4, x2, 1/800, f8, Miller Solo CF tripod, full Wimberley, hide

Taken on a beautiful afternoon a few years ago here in Sydney.

Full frame

[Troy Lim]

Amazing details Ofer, love the shot. I guess the bird was walking, wish the foot was sharper but still love it!

[Tom Rambaut]

Excellent Ofer - hard bird I have found to expose for, I usually blow the whites. The whites and blacks look fine here with nice detail.

That Mk 2 seems to have excellent IQ.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent Ofer - hard bird I have found to expose for, I usually blow the whites. The whites and blacks look fine here with nice detail.

That Mk 2 seems to have excellent IQ.
Thanks guys,
Tom, if you'll expose manually you will never have any problem with the whites. Just expose in a way that the whites are OK and that's it - the blacks will look after themselves..... :bg3:
So simple and so effective...:w3

[noelle zaleski]

It's a lovely Stilt Ofer, the beautiful sharp eye draws my attention where it should.

[Chad Caswell]

I couldn't agree more with your comment about Manual exposure for the whites and the blacks will take care of themselves.. :) Great shot, wouldn't mind seeing one with the reflection... such great looking water there....

Chad

[Willem Verboom]

Nice picture of this stilt. I like the sharpness en angle of this photo. Well done.

[DarrenMcKenna]

Wonderful image, lovely light. Maybe a tad tight in the frame.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet image. Beautiful bird, great BG and detail, exposure is spot-on.

[Stu Bowie]

Great IQ Ofer, and love the walking pose with the raised foot. Overall, well exposed, sharp, and the low perspective works well.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ofer, stunning IQ as usual. terrific pose, shooting angle, BG and the ripples. Perfect bird and head angles. I love the white head of this species. exposure is spot on.

I dont know what the ISO was...wondering if you could have increased it to get more SS to freeze the foot.

[Mark Itol]

Excellent detail and eye contact, Ofer. I like the slightly blurred foot as it shows the motion.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Love this Ofer, fantastic colours and soft light. The detail is also excellent ESP the white and blured foot adds nicely TFS:cheers::cheers:

[Don Lacy]

Another beautiful image Ofer, Again proving that the right exposure and proper processing can do to an image.

[Karl Egressy]

Perfect exposure in both white and dark, great details and pose, Ofer.
This bird is so elegant.

[John Chardine]

Now that is quite stunning. It's obvious why it is. If I could pick just one reason it's the "easy" sharpness of the image- nothing is forced. I would not change anything.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Ofer! I like the exposure, BG and HA.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Fabulous exposure, details and pose. That red eye is amazing. Love the green bg too. Superb work!