Lesser Yellowlegs Reflection Silhouette.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Have you ever looked behind you while photographing shorebirds in sweet light? This is what you may miss out on....

Amazingly every strand of grass was in the right spot, except for that one crossing the raised foot that I may revisit and eliminate.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/7.1, ISO 800, small crop for comp, some specks removed via spot removal tool, in LR4 slid the blacks slider all the way to the left to conceal faint highlights, and warmed the colour temperature to give the appealing orange that I had witnessed (turned out "peach" in-camera).

[Andrew Merwin]

Beautiful image Daniel. I really like the water ripples, the raised foot, the reeds & the beautiful water color. I would leave the reed that crosses the foot. TFS.

[Iain Barker]

Fantastic shot Daniel I really like the colour and sharp silhouette.

[Bill Dix]

Just gorgeous. I wouldn't touch a thing.

[Grace Scalzo]

I'm not usually a huge fan of silhouettes, but this one is an exception. Terrific in its simplicity which leads to alot of impact.

[Rachel Hollander]

Daniel - the thumbnail just jumps out and the image itself is even more spectacular. Beautifully done.

TFS,
Rachel

[David Smith]

Beautiful image Daniel.. I wouldn't change a thing...

Dave

[Karl Egressy]

It's a beauty, Daniel.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Sweeeeeet Daniel!!! I would evict the reed crossing foot.

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful -- great art!!

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous artistic image, Daniel Sir.
Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Daniel, Artie used the word 'simplicity' the other day and I think this just conveys this image extremely well. The colours work in total harmony, however I think I'm with Roman on the reed stalk if you feel comfortable about that edit? Reminds me of one of those silhouette cutouts.

Something different, great.

TFS
Steve

[Ted Ellis]

Super shot Daniel!!!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fantastic shot Daniel. I am glad you had this chance and were able to pull out this beautiful image. I am fine with the grass blades between the legs but if you twist my arm I could see a version without them, very sweet in all counts.

[allanrube]

I like it a lot as others have said. The only question I have is whether you selected the bird before making changes. It looks a bit too sharp around the edges????

[shane shacaluga]

I am not a big fan of silhouettes either but just love this one. The water ripples make this one special IMO

Thanks for sharing

[gail bisson]

This is wonderful. love the colors, the simple design.
a contest entry I think.
Gail