Black-necked stilt

Taken at Don Edwards S.F.Bay National Wildlife Refuge...

Canon 40D
ISO 400, 1/2000 sec, 225mm at f9, exp comp. -1

Your comments and feedback would be appreciated.

Nice blue waters. Head turn& angle could have been better. I somehow don't like the legs. They are a bit hot.

I like the mood and pretty bg water Might go a little brighter? Sure had some soft light, great shadow detail !!! Excellent !!!

Cool capture with a good composition but would love to have had a little more eye contact. Excellent detail in the blacks and well exposed Indranil. Thanks for sharing.

For what I can imagine, this one would've benn a great vertical shot including the reflection, light look good but a better head turn would've helped! Congratulations!

Al, Judy, Ramon, Thanks for your feedback. Here is the vertical view with another image with a bit of head turn. I avoided the full reflection as it was not clean. Does this work?

It works for me, the head turn is much better and the reflection looks good enought! Congratulations!

Indranil, the repost is a much stronger image. The head turn is much better than the first post. I also like this composition. Your exposure control in both images was spot on,