Ohhhhh That Feels So Good...

[Joseph Przybyla]

Contrasting with Keith's image of a Snipe taking in the cold, pouring rain, this image was taken from a beach chair in the shade at Ft. Desoto, Pinellas County, Florida. My hat's off to those brave souls who endure nature's worst in Scotland, England, and other parts of the world. This image is a Black-bellied Plover. I know the closed eyes are unconventional but I love the expression on the bird's face. It conveyed to me how good it felt to scratch an itch. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 320 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose captured, Joe. It might need CW rotation.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice pose captured, Joe. It might need CW rotation.

Hi Karl, I saw the diagonal wave line. I was lazy not wanting to take the time to add canvas to rotate the image. Thanks for keeping me straight.

[keith mitchell]

Much prefer the repost Joe, like the way the bird is scratching and the closed eye that goes with it, do like image's like this, really nice. Joe give me those warm Florida beaches any day you lucky man.

Keith.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Repost is better too for me.
What a great pose Joe. I really like what you have captured here.
TFS

[William Dickson]

Great capture Joe, love the repost. Nice details on the bird, lovely pose and nice BG All fits nicely Well done

Will