Early morning light

[allanrube]

Curious what people think of the color and/or saturation. I took this image Sunday just as the sun was coming up. A half hour later, I was shooting at iso 200, but this shot was at 1600.
D300, 400 vr with 1.7 tc. WB 5300.

Young red knot

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light and details. It is a bit tight in the frame for my taste. Could you post more techs, such as aperture, shutter speed and EC?

[Arthur Morris]

Very lovely. As Axel mentioned, wider would be nicer. You might want to see how it looks with the red SAT reduced. Where was the bird photographed? It is a lovely, fresh juvenile.

[allanrube]

SS 1/400th. aperture 5.6 +1/3 stop ec - I had to add another 1/3 stop in NX.

I reduced red saturation in PS to -15 and then added +3 to contrast.

I did have some shots with more environment but I liked the profile in this one - others were more 3/4.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very pretty lighting and beautiful detail but I agree a little more room would strengthen this image.. I don't know if it is my monitor or what but I do not see too much change in the repost.

[allanrube]

O.K. More room. I have a habit of making my photos 11 b15 so when I print them, they fit into a 16 x20 frame with a 2.5 inch border all around. I went back to the nef file and did no cropping.
Thanks for the help.

[Linda Robbins]

The last post is a much better composition. I just love the scalloped look of this lovely juvies feathers. Nice pose and head angle. I like the soft warm light and desaturating the reds worked well.

[Arthur Morris]

The repost is stunning and much more artistically pleasing. And the swirly stuff in the lrc helps balance the COMP.

[Rosl Roessner]

The repost looks much better the composition is really pleasing now and I like the water/sand in the lr corner!
Crazy colored bird.

[Juan Aragonés]

I think the repost is much, much better. The colour of the bird is fantastic, really sweet light. The work on the reds saturation produced a better and more natural result.