Marbled Godwit

[James Salywoda]

Marbled Godwit
Southern, California

This image was taken a month ago as I was shooting these birds looking for sand crabs
and liked the pose captured and subtle background.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice one. Like the colours. I am always fascinated with the long beak of the Godwits. I like the raised left leg

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb image James James. I like a lot the pose of the bird with the raised leg and the head lowered, in search for prey items. The light is nice but a bit intense to my taste, not sure, maybe you would tone down a bit the BG and surroundings of the bird to make the godwit pup up from the BG. Just an idea but I will try to play with your image in PS if you do not mind.

[Linda Robbins]

I agree with you, the subte clean bg is lovely, I especially like this hunting pose and the raised foot. Composition, sharp detail and soft light all make this shot a winner.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Pose, light and BG are outstading, light is superb and sharpness is great, love the compo and as linda said, the raiseed foot. Congratulations, no nits for me here!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Really nice and sharp image. The BG is very good too. Pose and colors right on.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose,details and light!!!

[Glenn Bartley]

Excellent. I like the raised foot and cautious looking pose...

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

This is absolutely nice. Very interesting to see the different color tones of moulted fresh and worn feathers.
The soft bg makes it very pleasant.

Szimi

[Doug Brown]

The pose sets this one apart for me Jim. Like it a lot!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

This is just beautiful James. Love the pose and action you captured in this image and the wonderful lighting and detail. Really fine work !!!!

[Simon Bennett]

Fantastic pose (just like a pointer) and light.

[Dana B. Hughes]

i love the vibrant pink beak.. a really nice pose. I would rotate it cw just a tad... love the oof fg & bg.