What a good looking bird. I would crop it a little tighter and get rid of everything else around the bird with less habitat. The bird looks sharp and the leg up adds a nice touch to it!
Nice bird, pretty sharp. Good EXP, but very busy BKGR and too small in the frame.
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Hi Ken,
Nice looking bird and I like the light. I'd try more of a 4x6/5x7 crop on him to just about the row of dark spots above him and mid-chest of the reflection on the bottom. Are those mosquitos on the water's surface?
Steve
I have tried out your suggestion and here is the result, being metric it took me some time to work out what you meant.
As for what is on the water I do not really know I do not think it was mosquitoes as it was March and a little cold, we got no bites in the area of the marshes. I think that at the right time of year this would be a stunning birding location. We saw flocks of thousands of cattle egrets, an amazing site but unfortunately not easy for photos because of the terrain.
Long Toed Lapwing
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