Come outta there

[wendell westfall]

D90 70-200VR+2x@400 1/1000 f5.4 ISO400 0EV handheld

Yesterday morning I watched this little dowitcher walk through the mud and with that familiar "sewing machine" motion search for food. It got lucky and I did too. This particular catch did not give up easily. I made a 30% crop and some other adjustments in LR4.

Wendell

[Karl Egressy]

Nice action shot presented. The plumage looks nice and colourful. The head area could use some extra sharpening.

[Nick Palmieri]

Very nice capture. Agree it may need a tad more sharpening but very nice image.

[Diane Miller]

Great catch -- for both of you!

This is another one where I long to see more reflection, if you have it, or less, if not. It seems awkward cut in half.

[wendell westfall]

Diane, thanks . . . I had no more reflection (the bottom of my image is not cropped) . . . and I left that much because I wanted the complete reflection of the worm to be visible . . .

[Shawn Zierman]

Great catch! By both of you. Your timing was excellent. Love the transitioning plumage on the dowitcher. The reflection does not add much here imo. A consideration could be trimming at least the reflected body of the bird, while retaining most of the reflected legs. Also please consider applying more sharpening to the subject. A lower shooting angle might have really taken this image to the next level...