Wilson's Snipe

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk III, 500mm f/4 + 1.4xII, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 400
Manual exposure using incident meter
Manual Flash set for -2 Fill Flash with Better Beamer
About 85% of Full Frame

Removed a bit of OOF vegetation in front of the post.

Another Snipe image from my recent trip to the Burns / Malheur NWR area in southeast Oregon.

Photographed from car using BLUBB.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques !

[Gus Cobos]

Mike, congrats...I like it nice sharp details great composition and background...:) I like the water droplet on the bird's bill...:cool:

[Lana Hays]

Mike
What a beauty. A lot of images look good on the web......but I don't think they would all look good on the wall. This one is certainly a wall hanger. The vegetation, perch, BG and bird all come together for such a pleasing image. Well done.

[Dave Phillips]

absolutely stunning....sweet blend of hues in the bg and there is good eye contact

very minor: the clone repeats are quite obvious

[Grady Weed]

It is a nice composition, but needs some re-work on the clones. The brown strip is a personal taste one, I don't like them. but it is not bad for a image, not bad.