The Bow wake

[dankearl]

Another lowly coot photo, they are beginning to grow on me.

1/320, f5.6, iso1600, 500mm (300 w/ 1.7tc) D800, HH

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[Shawn Zierman]

Excellent water color, and man that coot is pushing some water!
Nice low angle and good exposure work. One consideration
would be to take a little off of the top...

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, well exposed, and I like your low angle. Love the bubbles in the bow wake, together with the colours in the water BG. I would take off the bottom.

[John Cooper]

Yes and I can see why Dan - I usually pass them by, but the brilliant colours in the water and the bow wake really makes a lovely composition. Well seen and taken.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice and sharp, good colors and a nice BG, I do like the shallow DOF here and the little wave the coot is riding on. I might consider opening the blacks a little bit.

[christopher galeski]

nice one,love the autumn colors in the water,and the bow wake.thanks.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the bow wave, sharpness, exposure, composition and water colour. Excellent image Dan.

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

You are getting the most out of these coots!

Colors and the bow wake make it. My first thought before reading anyones comments was, trim a bit off the top to really emphasize the bow wake, so I agree with Shawn. Because of the two diagonal blue ripples in front, would be inclined to leave the bottom as is.

I agree with Arash about the darker areas on the bird, and perhaps some very subtle dodging of the darkest areas.

Cheers

Randy

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

loved the fall colors in the water. Good job on the whites and maintaining critical AF on the head. Liked the incoming angle and the shallow DOF.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Dan,
I'm with the bit off the top crowd and some other excellent tweaks mentioned above. Love the colors overall so all in all very well done!

[Karl Egressy]

Love the water, The sharpness and exposure look pretty good. Well done, Dan.

[Hayath Mohammed]

Exquisite color! The bow wave sure does make it a lot more interesting :)

I'm just wondering if putting a little CW rotation would help. The waves and the edge of the frame trick the eye into thinking it is tilted