Black-necked Stilt

[Raybel Robles]

D750 | 300mm f2.8 w/ 2x TC | f/5.6 | 1/800s | Auto ISO 360

[dankearl]

Very well done, nicely exposed, love the BG...

[Mike Landwehr]

It's all good, Raybel. I like the partial body turn toward the camera, maintaining a very nice head angle. The light (late afternoon?) is soft, the background is soft, and the bird is sharp. The stilt is firmly planted on the widely-spread legs. I do see a bit of a halo (sharpening?) on the upper edges of the stilt body and beak. I'd love to have captured this image.

[Tiago Caravana]

Super light and angle/point of view!

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Great image, love the light. Very nice low angle and BG.

[Mike Poole]

Beautiful light and low angle shot. I too can see the halos, but they are either from the compression, or an easy PP fix, so no big deal really. I could also see a version with a bit more negative space to the left, but this would mean a near square crop, which I know is not always a popular choice.

Overall though, its a well captured shot with some great detail, especially given the contrasty colouring on the stilt, and I too would like to have this one in my folders

[Raybel Robles]

Thank you for the comments guys. The halo is due to a very small chromatic aberration in the original file, around the head and beak of the bird. It is not noticeable in the larger file but when compressed to a smaller size it showed as a halo. I will try and correct this in the original file.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image of a stilt, thank you for sharing.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Ray, I'm not sure it gets any better than this! Love the blue in the bg, possibly by your low angle.

[Bill Dix]

Stunning Stilt! Lovely light against the subdued BG makes the bird stand out nicely, with such a great pose. Halo easily fixed. My personal preference would see 1/2" off the bottom and added to the top. Nicely done.

[Glenn Conlan]

This is a very special capture Ray of a common subject, very well done

[Loi Nguyen]

Lovely portrait in great light. The eye is especially beautiful. Happy New year! Loi

[Tim King]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!