Black Necked Stilt

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon 500/4 + 1.4x
1/5000sec f/5.6 ISO 640

Viveza 2
CS6

Attachment 128722

[Loi Nguyen]

Ian, very lovely image. Nice pose. The lighting seemed tricky here, but you handled it well. Sharp image. The BG is nice and soft with the water droplets added interest. Well done.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image Ian,
the low angle works wonderful, the pose is smashing and the details are good
i love the nice color BG
Nicely presented
in case i would like something changed, it is the reduction of some of the white spots in the water behind the bird, may enhance this beautiful image further IMO, lovely as presented too

[Robert Holguin]

Nice shot.
Great pose and exposed very well.
To me it looks like it needs just a tad of cw rotation and the head seems a tad soft.
Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image.Beautiful lights,colors,BG and composition.
Love artistic wing position,HA and water rings around legs.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ian, good low perspective, and I like the angle of capture too. Good view of the far wing, and wish you had a frame of the near wing spread too. I feel the head is a touch soft, so selectively sharpening it wont harm.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ian, loved the low angle, BG and the pose. The light direction was not ideal...but you did your best. If mine, I'd remove one catchlight.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Very nice Ian! I would be tempted to do some water cleanup.....but all in all a fine image!

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful pose and eye contact. Rotation looks ok to me, but I would be tempted to do some water cleanup if you're into that sort of thing. Lovely image.

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, folks. I took some of the big chunks out of the water, but will go back and do some more cleanup.

[jack williamson]

Elegant pose, really nice image, like the bg color.

Jack

[Frank Schauf]

Very, very elegant image.