Black Neck Stilt

[David Salem]

Captured this last summer at a local beach estuary. Thought the pose was different with the wing just touching the water.

1DMKIV---700mm---f6.3---1/3200---ISO640---HH@8:15am---20% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. Appreciated

David

[Satish Ranadive]

David:
Fantastic flight pose captured.Very nicely exposed,beautiful colors,nice details in blacks,
lovely red eye and reflection of tip of the wing just touching the water looks great.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Sweet exposure work! That wing touch is classy. Great image in all regards.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Very cool image David, definitely worth posting and the water contact of the wing makes this different. Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

very cool! I love how the wing is touching the water! excellent pose

[PhilCook]

Very dainty !.....very impressed with the timing on this shot David, talk about a " feather touch " to the water, beautifully simplistic

[gail bisson]

Beautiful shot.
I really like the wing touch.Water is lovely.
Tack sharp as well.
I see ~ 12 dust spots with several around the legs and in front of bill.
Time to clean that sensor!!
Well done,
Gail

[Lyle Gruby]

Agree with everyone above. Beautiful.

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic flight pose captured, David. The wing tip touching the surface of the water and the perfect down wing position are great features.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, the light has brought out the green sheen on the wing nicely, and very well timed to capture the wingtip touching the water. Great eye, and agree you have a few dust spots in the BG.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone.
Gail and Stuart , I am a stickler when it comes to a clean sensor and clean my sensor if I see even one spot.
I got lazy here as there were dozens of these spots in the water and didn't finish the clean up.
Thanks again.

[Bill Dix]

Stunning capture, David. Beautiful flight pose, great exposure; and the wing touching the water puts this one over the top. Just lovely (after you clean up those spots).

[Randy Stout]

David:

A beautiful display of how long and elegant these birds are, with perfect wing position and stretched out legs.

Well exposed.

I am curious where you cropped?

Cheers

Randy

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Super cool image and so unique. The wing touching the water and amazingly straight body are so cool.

[Tim King]

Wings down, head up makes this a perfect photo. Fine job.

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone for all the feedback. Appreciated . Randy, not sure if you will come back to the post but if you do, I would like to know your thoughts on cropping this shot. Thanks in advance.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image David! I like the wing position, sharpness, exposure and composition. Wing touching the water makes this image special.