Willet in the surf...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image earlier this year at Ft. Desoto north beach in Tierra Verde, Pinellas County, Florida. I have been reviewing my images, trying to edit for better composition. This is one I recently worked on, the edit had a much tighter crop on the bird. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 -1/3 EV ISO 220
Post processed in Lightroom 5

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image giving fair bit of habitat making it interesting
Exposure looks nice
personal preference I may crop some off the bottom , may even like it 16:9

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice image giving fair bit of habitat making it interesting
Exposure looks nice
personal preference I may crop some off the bottom , may even like it 16:9

Thank you for viewing and commenting. Regarding your suggestion of a crop of 16:9, I have another version cropped that way to use as a desktop image on a computer.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joseph, as I live nearly 600km from the sea, I always enjoy these type of images with the surf breaking behind the subject. Good angled pose here, and I do prefer the comp in your repost. I would blend in the few brighter specular highlights in the ULC.