Black-tailed Godwit

[Mital Patel]

Black-tailed Godwit (Limos limosa)
Gujarat, INDIA

1D MARK IV, 800 f/5.6
1/500, f/9, ISO 200
Jan 07, 2012, 12-31 pm

C&C Welcome

The only mistake i did was i was shooting stationary Spoonbill and this fella suddenly appear coming in so whithout checking iso i boosted aperture due to heat issue in environment.

I still fell that i should keep this frame as a lovely pose and beautiful soft feather pattern visible here with nice front light.

[Ofer Levy]

Congratulations on the new toy!!! I am sure you will LOVE it!:w3
Light and colours, exposure, pose and BG are great! Would apply some more sharpening.

[Sandesh R.Dhareshwar]

Congarts Mital on the new gear wish to see some amazing work done with the gear
as for the image it needs sharpening as Ofer has already pointed all other things are just brilliant

[Mital Patel]

Thanks Ofer and Sandesh,

I had that doubt too but was just back from trip and in excitement i forgot to apply selectively :)
Just woke up in evening and here's re-work.

Did some detail extraction (whites are little recoverd)
applied USM.

[Geir Jensen]

Repost is much better . I like your new toy:w3 Well done

[EzhilSuresh]

Mital, congrats on your new gear. The repost is much better. I like the wing pose.

[Sachin Saraf]

Congratulations on new toy Mital...Repost works very well..Looking forward for more from your new lens.

[ramesh anantharaman]

Ahha Mital Bhai, new gear and all ehh!!!!! nothing to stop you now and the repost is brilliant.......

[Carmelo Cannova]

I like the second post better. Lovely capture.

Carmelo

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Repost really post. Love the pose and bg. I am jealous of your new toy.

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Mital,
The repost gave life to the image and congats on the new gear.
VPN

[Amol Khedgikar]

Mital Bhai,

Congrats on the new toy.

The first post appeared soft but the repost looks much better. it could use a little more contrast over all IMO. I think its a little on the brighter side.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. Excellent pose, detail is excellent, exposed well, and I really like the repost.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent, you did well pose is very dynamic. there is some motion blur in the tail due to slow shutter speed, I never go below ISO 400 on the MK4.

Congrats on the new lens. Hope it can make things more productive for you