Repost: Another Semi

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Photographed at DE SF Bay Wildlife Ntl. Refuge in Alviso, CA. Cleaned up the water a little bit...

Thanks for looking! JR

Canon 40D, 400F5.6, 1/1250s, F8, ISO-400, Manual Exposure

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Well composed with a beautiful pose.. The lifted foot is a wonderful bonus in this capture and a great BG. The only thing and it is minor would be to remove the white spots in the lower left hand corner. Great image and many thanks for sharing John.

[Fabs Forns]

I agree with Judy's comments, John and will add that you could run some noise reduction in the background. Sweet pose and great head angle!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I would probably crop to just above those three white spots. Great image overall with a sweet pose. Man that water is smooth!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi John,
I'm with Daniel all the way on this one (surprise! I want a crop :D )
Nicely done.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Thank you for all the great comments. Yes, these white highlights were distracting. And cropping tighter also removed most of the OOF foreground. And I ran NoiseNinja on the background. Hope you like it. I do.

Thank you. JR

[William Malacarne]

John
I think it looks a lot better....love the nice even BG, it makes the very nice sharp bird really stand out.

Bill

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Thanks Bill! JR