For a little bird, this guy was kicking up quite a bow wave as he raced toward me in the shallow water, ahead of the larger swell behind him. Taken on a cloudy morning at Lake Myvatn, Iceland, on July 4.
Hi Bill, nice behavior you caught, is he churning up food? I like your POV, makes me think of the "perfect storm wave in the BG..." nice and sharp and i would wish for more brightness in the eyes, or the left eye as there seems to be a catchlight?
Bill, love the POV, the BG wave and the bow wave. I love the subtle colours in the wave. He looks like he was in a hurry. The bird is nice and sharp but as Ann has mentioned, I think just a little more brightness in the eyes.
Good POV indeed, that bow wake is impressive, and I love the looming BG wave. I like the overall grey look to the image with a touch of reds. I do feel like the head feathers could use more sharpening as posted to bring out the fine detail. I was not sure about the drop below at first, but the more I looked at it the more I liked it :-)
Thank you all for your comments. Interestingly, I wasn't quite as low as this makes it look. My recollection is that I was kneeling behind a lowered tripod. I'm thinking it may be the result of my having cloned out a few distracting bubble clusters in the near foreground. And, of course, the magic of the long lens. Daniel, I wasn't sure about the drop either, but decided to leave it in. Ann, I could try to brighten the bird's left eye a bit more. I don't know if he was churning up food in this image; but I have another where the "whirlpool" of his spinning action is evident.
Outstanding image quality, Bill. Like your crop a lot, the light, and agree the predominant grey with the touch of colors on this RNPH make for an especially beautiful image.
Red-necked Phalarope
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