Little Soldier- Blacksmith lapwing

[gail bisson]

I just love the marching pose and the visible spurs on the wings.
Canon 1Dx
600mm II and 1.4x
ISO 800 SS 1/1600 F 5.6
My usual PP : crop, NR on BG, levels, DE to bird at 3%, USM to JPEG.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[keith mitchell]

Gail really like the marching pose a real fighting machine with it's spurs showing, can't see a lot that I would change, fine looking image.

Keith.

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous pose, and great exposure. Tough bird to expose properly in the sun. Love the bg and the spurs. Might have liked the bg better if the green came all the way to the horizontal fg line, but can't have everything. Great bird. Where was it photographed?

[gail bisson]

Sorry Bill. I should have given location info. It was in the Okavengo Delta in Botswana. Shot from boat.
Gail

Fabulous pose, and great exposure. Tough bird to expose properly in the sun. Love the bg and the spurs. Might have liked the bg better if the green came all the way to the horizontal fg line, but can't have everything. Great bird. Where was it photographed?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic image. Love the light, and the square angle of the raised leg. Techs and processing top notch.

[Grace Scalzo]

Impressive image, extremely well exposed. Great pose and just love those spurs. Getting extremely picky here, but I would lighten the shadowy area above and behind his head, just to smooth out the bg a bit.

[dankearl]

This is pretty much first rate.....
Pose, IQ and BG is terrific and a very cool looking bird.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Gail! I like the exposure, BG, IQ, composition, spurs and the pose is great.

[Dvir Barkay]

Great shot Gail, nothing to complain about.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the pose with the raised foot and the nice BG, good exp. and details. well done

[christopher galeski]

nice image.love the BG,great marching pose,nice detail,like the spurs.

[Lorant Voros]

This is an absolute winner. Nice low angle shooting, nice light, BG, good exposure and detail and the pose puts it over the top. I wish it was mine. Well done.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful image indeed. Superb pose, BG and light. Well done!

[Jim Neiger]

Sweet image, Gail! The foot up pose is priceless. Great light, bg, low angle, and comp as well.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Gail, a fine image of this bird. Love the POV, the raised foot and the angle. Good light as well.

[William Dickson]

All been said Gail. Brilliant

[David Salem]

Wow, what a great looking frame Gail! The pose and the good look at the spurs makes this for me. Not much else to say except very well done!

[gail bisson]

Thank you all!
Grace, great observation and I will dodge that area slightly.

[Roy Priest]

Terrific image. love the raised leg and detail in the blacks.