Black-tailed Godwit

[Jeroen Stel]

The first Black-tailed Godwits have returned to our country so to me that's a clear sign that Spring has started..:w3:bg3:
Here's one from last year..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On beanbag
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely setting in here. Light was coming from the "wrong" direction but you delt with this nicely.

[Alan Murphy]

Sweet setting and lovely image. I would darken the mid tones a bit as it looks a bit bright to my monitor.

[jack williamson]

Agree with Alan, otherwise beautiful. Great color in this.

Jack

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jeron. terrific spring feeling here. loved the pose and the comp. size of subject in the frame is perfect IMO. as Ofer mentioned, you've handled the light very well...which is not very easy.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I actually like the light direction, something I would not haver thought just by the thumb. Terrific setting. The bird itself has a greenish cast (no doubt caused by the grasses)...adding about 20 points of magenta in "Color Balance" selectively the the subject does wonders IMO. What do you think?

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful setting and light.

[Geir Jensen]

Repost to Daniel did image even better. The environments look almost like they are painted:w3. A great image. Well done

[Loong-Tat Wong]

Love the soft surrounding. It really adds a dreamy feel to the image!

[Frank Schauf]

Hard back light, but beautiful colors and sharpness.