Greater yellow legs

[thijs broekkamp]

Saw this bird standing on a rock in a lake in curacao. From my position I had a lot of backlight, so as quiet as possible I walked around it to get the light from behind. Then I layed down on the ground and I was able to make this picture.

http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae54/thijsbroekkamp/_MG_6703bwrkt1024.jpg

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

[Matthew Studebaker]

what a beauty! Fantastic pose, great light and detail! I might see if I could get rid of the out of focus rock in the lower left corner

[Richard Stern]

Beautiful image! But I agree with Matthew about the oof rock, and perhaps extend canvas a bit on the left for the bird to look into.

Richard

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great fieldcraft from the sounds of it! I like the comp as is (you have enough room in front), and nice light. Awesome perch, and I love the little shell on it. I too would look into eliminating the rocks in LLC, and perhaps filling in the brighter patch in the BG near the bill. Beautiful stuff!

[christopher galeski]

excellent image,beautiful light,nice perch,agree on removing the out of focus rock.well done.

[thijs broekkamp]

Thanks for the comments guys!
I thought about removing the oof rock, but i thought it also gives depth to the picture. But i'm going to try it out and see how it works

[arash_hazeghi]

super pose and nice details, well done!