Willett

[John Rowell]

D4 with 600mm on lowered tripod. 1/1,000 sec, f4 iso 1,000, full frame. Taken just before sunset on North Beach in Ft. DeSoto. This fellow was on a mission and just walked right on his way. I like the almost monochromatic coloring of this shot.

NR on the the background and I tried Arash's NR technique on the bird. A bit of Nik Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast on the bird, as well as sharpening and removal of a couple of dust spots.

Comments welcome, thanks for looking.

[William Dickson]

Very nice John, I like the way the colours of the bird blend in with the BG. I also like the BG blending with the FG. The OOF front leg may concern some, but I love the image. Well done

[Bill Dix]

Great walking pose, and I, too, like the sepiatone feeling. Nice PP work on the detail. Sure, it would have been nice to have the rear leg sharper, but a lovely shot as is, with great low POV.

[Joe Subolefsky]

I like the exposure but the OOF off leg knock it down a few notches for me.

[John Rowell]

Thanks for your comments. I think if the leading leg had been the left one, the oof right leg might have been less noticeable. Will try to stop down next time.