Dunlin

[John Mack]

This image was created at Fort De Soto on 4/20/17 at 6:03PM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.Hand held, Small crop.Canon 5D MarkIIISigma 150-600 Contemorary600mmISO 800f5.61/1500sec

[Noel Heustis]

John - Looks like I missed you out there by a few days. I love the low pov; the head angle; and that foot held just up out of the water for you. Looks like you had to get wet for this one.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, I like the low POV and the raised leg. I would look to getting more depth and tone back into the FG to create a bit more layering. BKG looks a bit vibrant, perhaps pull it back a little, but you were there? As the body is nice and sharp, perhaps say 7.1 just to help the head as it looks as if it's slightly looking away?

TFS
Steve

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the low angle, the BG, and the raised foot with water still attached to it. Sharp. To me the head angle is turned away just a tad (tilted back a bit), and the image could use a bit of CW rotation. Nice whites and details!

[gail bisson]

This is very nice. As soon as I opened it, I noticed that it needs somw CW rotation.
I like the head tilt-I assume he was scanning the sky for a predator.
Foot up looks great.
I would boost the blacks in selective coloring by a point or two to give a little bit of punch.
Well done,
Gail

[Alex Becker]

I like the pose, BG and the raised foot with the surface tension. The colors are very 'airy' which I like.Agree to a CW rotation. Good details. TFS

[Isaac Grant]

I like the inquisitive look and pose of the bird. I do like the "airy" feel of the image but the colors are not right, nor is the depth of the shot. Here is a super quick redo where I rotated the pic a bit, added more tone and depth to the shot and added a bit more sharpening to the head. Import my version and compare it against what you posted and see if you can see the difference in feel of the whole image. Toggle back and forth a few times to see what I mean. Of course it is very hard to work on these tiny files and all changes are best done on the original.

[Glenn Pure]

Critiques to date have covered this well - agree a bit of CW rotation (maybe a bit more than Isaac has done). I also like what Isaac has done to add a little more punch to the bird. Raised foot is great and nice setting. Definitely worth revisiting the RAW, I think.