Willet with food

[Lorant Voros]

Another shore bird from the land of mangroves:). Some might find the BG distracting a bit. I darkened the bright areas in the BG a bit, cropped the image and sharpened. Comments are welcome.

MKIV
500mm+1.4TC
ISO400
f: 8
1/1250
skimmer pod

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

The low shooting angle really helped here Lorant! Nice soft light and subject. The worm adds to the image very nicely.

[Ian Wilson]

I like the background, it's not too complex and works well with the pastel colours of the bird. Nice low POV from the Skimmer Pod. The food item make this image, it provides focus and interest. Technically fine and good composition. Well done. Regards, Ian.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,pleasant light,good POV,and the food item a bonus.

[Shawn Zierman]

Beautifully posed subject. Awesome(!) food item. Subject is very tight in the frame. Whites on the subject are looking grey and could be presented brighter with a boost in selective contrast on the subject only with good effect. A slight counter clock wise rotation to level the ripple line is worth considering. Background looks just fine to me...

[Karl Egressy]

Nice low angle and details, Lorant. The food item in the beak adds a lot of interest

[Daniel Cadieux]

The pose looks great, and the curled food item is pretty neat. I like the molting plumage here. The BG is mostly OK, but the four vertical lines touching the subject draw my eye. I agree a bit of CW rotation seems to be needed.