Marbled Godwit bathing

[Grace Scalzo]

From Ft DeSota in April

1/2500, f 6/3 iso800
Canon 1dx, 500 f4 + 1.4tc + lowered rrs tripod

[Karl Egressy]

Stunning image, Grace. The IQ is superb, pose is great with nice eye contact and the water droplets around the bird puts it over the top for me.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Perfectly designed image, Grace. Wouldn't change a thing. Bird placement and size are perfect. Love how the fg blends into the bg. The droplets add substantially to the goodness.

[Lyle Gruby]

This is beautiful. I really like the varied background and everything mentioned above.

[Diane Miller]

I love it! Shallow DOF on the water, tack-sharp bird in a great pose, and frozen water droplets make it a winner!

[christopher galeski]

very nice,nice pose and light,love the water droplets.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Wonderful pose with beautiful head turn, colors, nice details, beautiful looking water droplets and composition.Love the frame.Regards,Satish.

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely comp & shooting angle. details & exposure looks great.

[gail bisson]

I remember this guy!
I like the pastel colors and the head position.
IQ excellent and love the water drops.
Gail

[Sandy Witvoet]

I too LOVE it.... bird, water droplets and perfect FG and BG... Sweet!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.

[Grace Scalzo]

Thanks everyone. This image was slightly underexposed in capture (by 1/3 stop) giving it a dull look. I finally got around to processing it and with just a few simple tweaks (exposure adjustment in LR and then a slight curves adj in CS5 it livened up.