Wandering Tattler

[Colin Driscoll]

A wing stretch and little dance after a short snooze. DPP4 & CCPS. Removed a couple of distracting stones.
1DXII 70-200mm f/2.8L II & 2xIII 400mm 1/2500 f10 iso800

[Joe Subolefsky]

Nice catch on the wing position. I would crop off about half the space above the wing tips.

[Chris Elliott]

Colin,

I'm really enjoying this image. I like the Tattler's position, the depth of field control and the way you used the 70-200 with the TC. I also like how the greens and blues enhance the magenta in the bird.

Chris

[Adhika Lie]

The light is not working out really well for me, Colin, but it's one **** of a pose! :D

[arash_hazeghi]

love the pose but that harsh light is really hurting the image, TFS

[keith mitchell]

Colin what we would give for some of your light even though it must be very difficult some times but not with shutter speeds of course,I like the raised wings and the stepping pose.

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks for the replies people, appreciated. Interesting comments about the light as it doesn't look unusual to me, that's how I see birds over here during the day, which is when they are often interesting and active.