Black-tailed Godwit in the late evening light

[Eric Dienesch]

Hello,

Taken from my car used like a hide, the only chance for me to get near this bird.


5DIII 600/4+1.4TC at 6.3, 1/4000s , ISO 800

Comments and critique welcome !!

[arash_hazeghi]

beautiful Eric, I love the nice dynamic pose, excellent light, great BG and of course, the sharp details. The perch shows hand of man but it is weathered enough that's not distracting. I might add more space to the btm of the frame

TFS

[gail bisson]

This is excellent.
The light is beautiful.
I love the wings up pose.
I would add a bit more canvas to the bottom. The post is weathered enough to be considered attractive and seeing a bit more of it will not hurt the image. Would also take a sliver off the LHS.
Well done,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Now that is some seet light you had here, and the background is a beautiful golden glow due to it. Great wing position, especially the near one. Yes, the fence post looks good and weathered. Perhaps a tad more room would be good as already mentioned.

[Grace Scalzo]

Light, pose, exposure, details all great and a wonderful bird as well. Good compositional tweaks already suggested. Very nice frame.

[Lorant Voros]

Despite the perch isn't too natural this photo works incredibly well. Beautiful light, nice composition and pose, details, sharpness. A real eye candy. Congratulations, Eric.

[Mike Poole]

Can't really add anything more, it's a beautiful shot in gorgeous light with a lovely pose. Echo the crop suggestions above

Mike

[dankearl]

The bird looks so good and the light is so nice, the perch will do....

[William Dickson]

All been said above. A really lovely image Eric, the lighting is tremendous. Thanks for sharing this.

Will

[Eric Dienesch]

Thank you all. For the concrete hint to leave a little bit more space at the bottom, thank you.
And yes it is possible.. this picture is a little bit cropped from 5700Px to nearly 5000Px ( out of the middle)

[Bill Dix]

Sweet! All said above: great wing position, perfect light quality and direction, good techs. Nicely done. Good crop suggestions above.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I absolutely love this. The light, the pose and the BG couldn't get better than this. Perch more than OK for me. Excellent!

[Raybel Robles]

Lovely image! The warm colors as always make an image stand out even more. Super IQ!

[David Salem]

Wow!! A real beauty. The light and the pose are awesome. Well done

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image.love the light,great BG and pose,great detail,agree on suggestions about crop.well done.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

It would look awesome as a vertical comp, but I bet they don't give you much time to spin the rig to that orientation as they're about to flap.
Love the light and the pose captured.
Agree about crop suggestions.