Red Necked Phalarope (non breeding)

[dankearl]

D500, 500pf, f5.6, 1/2500, iso500
Carmel river lagoon, Carmel California
PP in Capture, Affinity photo
Phar-1800.jpg

[Colin Driscoll]

I like the mood and it's my sort of crop. Very fine detail.
Maybe the face coud be brightened a bit around the eye.

[Kurt Bowman]

Nice sharpness, behavior and POV! Unsure about the head maybe being brighter. But maybe it would help the eye to pop a bit more.

[John Mack]

Neat to see the bill through the water. Nice low angle as well.

[Arthur Morris]

The face looks dark because the head is turned away from the viewer. Head angle, head angle, head angle ... The subject-to-sensor orientation is perfect, but the head, alas, it turned well away from the centerline of the body.

with love, a