Wood Stork

[John Rowell]

This Wood Stork was captured during last spring's trip to Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island. Not a very active day but I did come across this one and this is about as active as he got for the 30 minutes I watched.
Curves layer for contrast, lightened head and eye, cloned out bg stump, sharpening. Looking at this now, I think the water should be cleaned up more behind the bird.
Nikon D4, 600 mm, tripod mounted, 1/2000 sec @f4, ISO 800

[Henry Domke]

Classic composition with a lot of nice subtle colors: blue, peach, maroon and gold.
I think you might have lightened the eye a bit too much.

I think the water should be cleaned up more behind the bird

I agree.

[vikram potdar]

Nice positioning of bird. The fragmented reflection and circles have come out well. I find the BG especially above the bird bit harsh.

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[christopher galeski]

bird and pose nice,some nice detail good exposure on the bird.TFS.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the ruffled feathers, circular ripples, exposure, reflection and composition. I would clean up the water behind the bird. Nice image John.

[John Rowell]

Thanks for your comments and suggestions, much appreciated.