All the years I have been on a lek never have seen a bird dig a depression and take a bath.That is what makes photography great .
Canon 5D Mark 1V
500 f/4
700mm
Av
7.1
3200
ISO 2000

All the years I have been on a lek never have seen a bird dig a depression and take a bath.That is what makes photography great .
Canon 5D Mark 1V
500 f/4
700mm
Av
7.1
3200
ISO 2000

I like the action and the natural camouflage, the bird looks too bright and washed out on my screen
TFS
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Lovely image of some really neat behavior Perfect head angle and I love the flying mud. It does look better with my screen dimmed. And I like the pano crop
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I would just lower the exposure some, nice POV and action.
Dan Kearl

Here is another re edited version.I agree the first post had that washed out look. I increased the exposure because the histogram on the original was barely in the fifth box.
The point of view is spot on. The behavior is very neat. The bird blends into its surrounding quite well.