Last light preening

[Lorant Voros]

I really like the moment of change when the sun is about to set. All birds started bathing and preening. Magic moment and light.

1DMKIV
500mm_1.4TC
ISO800
f:8
1/500
Handheld

[Mike Milicia]

Beautiful light and excellent preening pose! Having the feet visible would have taken it up another notch for me.

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet light pose and detail. A bit centered imo.

[Daniel Cadieux]

My first instinct was that the comp was too centered...but I think it looks OK this way due to the overall shape of the subject. Absolutely perfect preening pose you got here. Too bad these birds seem to know how to place their feet just behind a lump on the ground...

[Bill Dix]

A lovely pose with the feather in the beak. And beautiful light. For my taste, a little off the right and more on the left would help. Too bad there's not a PS tool for removing lumps and seeing the feet behind.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer preening pose and amazing light!!! Agree seeing the feet would have made this image even stronger. I think I might consider a crop off of the bottom and right.

[Holger Leyrer]

i love the pose and the lighting. Sharpness and Details Looks very good