Willet displaying

[gail bisson]

Canon 1D MKIV
F 500mm and 1.4X III convertor
ISO 400 SS 1/1250/F 7.1
Manual, on skimmer pod, 6:35PM
75% full frame and tail of another willet cloned out from LHS

This willet was displaying dominant behavior towards another willet. I like the flared tail,
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, super low angle, and you have captured a good pose and HA. Good sharp detail on the Willet, and I like the layered coloured BG. Just a personal thing, but I would take a bit off the top.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the exposure, HA, pose and BG. I tried a version with a tighter crop and removed the darker OOF wide band above your signature at chest level and like it. Well done Gail.

[Arno Ellmer]

Beautiful low angle shot , Gail , showing displaying behaviour.I like the fanned tail and the smooth complementary bg.Agree with Stuart in taking a little off the top .

[Melissa Groo]

I really like this pose, Gail. Sort of regal looking. Great low angle of course, and a super background. I'd like to see a little trimmed off the top too. Overall neat image.

[arash_hazeghi]

what I like about this one is the fanned tail while standing, as if she is wearing a skirt! sweet

[Grace Scalzo]

A rather plain bird that you have captured wonderfully with the pose and almost painterly background. I might reduce the opacity of your signature as it is causing my eye to drift to that corner.

[Marina Scarr]

Colors are truly lovely, and I like the pose and fanned tile. I would take a little off the top.

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely pose, sharp, nice detail, low angle and eye contact. Agree regarding some off the top.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gail,
Excellent pose,very nice low angle.Love the fanned tail feathers and shadow of wing tips on it.Beautiful water colors and background.
As usual great details.Everybody is asking you to go for your favorite ( mine too) panorama-crop composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Unsworth]

Superb shot , another vote for more OTT.
Colours are gorgeous

[christopher galeski]

nice image,love the colors in this,nice pose.

[gail bisson]

Thank you all for your insight.
I have cropped some off the top and right, toned down my signature and really liked the idea of minimizing the band of sand in front of the willet so incorporated it in my repost.
Hope this addresses all the issues!

[Jim Crosswell]

Repost looks great Gail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

OP looked good...repost looks great. Yes that fanned tail really does add some interest, glad the Willet gace you a good HA too. Of course you know I love that low angle!!

[Grace Scalzo]

The repost is a strong and beautiful image. One to be proud of, Gail.

[Robert Holguin]

Teriffic shot. Excellent low angle, I really like the lighting, and love the background. The fanned tail just puts this shot over the top. Repost is much better.
Very well done.

[dankearl]

This is just beautiful!
The colors are awesome and the bird looks great.
One of your best for me. Very nice.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg, Gail.