Sleeping Willet

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Taken at Little Estero Lagoon, Ft Myers Beach, FL.

Comments, critiques, and suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Shooting Info:
D800 | 500 f/4 VR | 1.4x
700mm | 1/800" | f/8 | ISO 640

[Nick Palmieri]

Very nice. Low angle, nice BG, the bird is sharp and exposed well. Possible a little more room in the front but works as presented.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the sleeping pose, and you got some very pretty green water. Good details. I could go for more room above and right. I normally prefer the eye open but I gotta say that the fully closed eye works very well here. I do find the image bright though...for the repost I reduced the midtones via "Levels".

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Thanks for the comments guys. I had trouble with the crop and wasn't sure if I should add room the the front (left) or back (right). I recalled one of Randy's images, where he had a birds body facing left and the head facing right and his crop gave more room to the right, so I went with that choice. Is there a general rule for this? Thanks for the repost Daniel, I have plenty of room to the right and top, so I'll add that in and give a repost.

Miguel

[gail bisson]

Hi Miguel,
Daniel's repost really makes this image sing!
I love the low POV and the peaceful pose.
There are no rules for this kind of shot. A lot of photogs would like some more room in front of the bird so that there is room for the head if the bird was to lift his head and others prefer more room to the left for the bird to look into. In this case the bird is sleeping so you can go either way!
I personally would like a little more on top and left (say 5% more)
Gail

[John Cooper]

A sweet image of this sleeping Willet Miguel. Yes very bright on my monitor and the darken repost by Daniel hits the spot!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Miguel, I like how the angle of the head follows the lines of the feathers, good low angle, and Dan's repost takes this up a notch.

[Gary Hamilton]

Very nice capture. Agree that image could use a little breathing room top and left and that it looked a bit bright. The re-post really brings out the beauty of this image and adds even more warmth to the BG tones. Well done.