Black necked Stilt

[Binu John]

1DX + 600 f/4 IS II + 1.4X III TC
1/2500, f/9, ISO 1000

[John Robinson]

"Dancing on air"
- so to speak ! This is delightful
JohnR

[Bill Dix]

You're nailing these guys. This is another beauty, with great flight position, exposure, comp.

[Bradley James]

Beauty of an inflight shot. Really like the position of the bird. I'm wondering if it could use a little big of contrast to make the bird pop a little more? Just an idea

[arash_hazeghi]

you nailed this one, excellent light, BG pose and excellent details in both whites and blacks. everything is excellent

[arash_hazeghi]

Is this from the baylands BTW?

[Binu John]

Thanks everyone!

Arash, yes, this is from baylands.

Is this from the baylands BTW?

[Ian Wilson]

Beautiful work Binu. Well done. Regards, Ian

[Joe Galkowski]

Nice work! I love the pose. I wonder if this could be cropped to a nice vertical, portrait rather than landscape.

[Joe Galkowski]

On my shot of this same bird, I played around with "fixing" the broken primary. It worked, of course, but I think it was beyond what I think is right to do in a nature shot.

[gail bisson]

This is lovely John.
I wish for a bit more room below if you have it and a moving the bird to the right in the frame
The whites and blacks are exposed perfectly. IQ is excellent.
Well done,
Gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely pose, spot on exposure and brilliant sharpness. BG is sweet and you get bonus points for getting the red eye.
Agree with Gail on a bit more room below.
Beautifully done, Binu.

[christopher galeski]

its all been said John,beautiful capture,ticks all the boxe's.well done.

[David Salem]

The BG really makes this one for me. If it were in sky or water it would be nice but in this sweet BG it's killer. You nailed he techs too as the detail and exposure look great. Nice work Binu

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Binu, love the light in this, and you nailed the exposure on both the blacks and whites - tack sharp too. Each time I look at the head, I can see him thinking where he is going to touch down. Well captured.

[stuart wanuck]

We'll done like the image and good whites

[Daniel Cadieux]

Everything came together nicely for you here. Well done!

[Binu John]

Thanks everyone!

Thanks Joe! Sure, it works! Initially I tried the vertical crop and I liked it....but finally I decided to go with this horizontal crop to have the bird bigger in the frame.

Nice work! I love the pose. I wonder if this could be cropped to a nice vertical, portrait rather than landscape.

I could do it, but I didn't want to do it for the same reason you mentioned.

On my shot of this same bird, I played around with "fixing" the broken primary. It worked, of course, but I think it was beyond what I think is right to do in a nature shot.

Thanks Gail, Sid! I like your suggestion and have enough room to crop it that way!

This is lovely John.
I wish for a bit more room below if you have it and a moving the bird to the right in the frame
The whites and blacks are exposed perfectly. IQ is excellent.
Well done,
Gail

Lovely pose, spot on exposure and brilliant sharpness. BG is sweet and you get bonus points for getting the red eye.
Agree with Gail on a bit more room below.
Beautifully done, Binu.

[BobbyPerkins]

Nailed it. All around excellent capture, very beautiful flight capture.