Long-billed Curlew "Habitat Landing"

[James Salywoda]

Long-billed Curlew
Southern, California

It was nice spending the afternoon shooting with Doug Brown and his friend David.
We were very happy to have some flight oppt. this evening although not many but
when you come out with a few keepers its all worth the effort.

Nikon D300 AFS600 F4

Thanks for Looking
Jim

[Neil Losin]

That's sweet, Jim :) Love the light and setting.

[Linda Robbins]

Jim, this is so great. Love the landing pose and perfect head angle, and the habitat is nice too. Excellent image in every respect. And, one of my favorite birds!

[Jasper Doest]

Lovely pose and colours. What I really like in this photograph is that the BG does tell something about the birds environment....and makes it more interesting from that perspective. Very nicely done!

[david cramer]

Lovely light and nice and sharp. I also like the angle of the wing spread.

[denise ippolito]

Awesome Shot I love the wing positioning , the colors and the sweet landing!

[bill kominsky]

I agree with all these great comments on this beautiful image James, wonderfully done.

Bill

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

What a great color!!!
Nice wing position,eye contact,pose and details!

[Doug Brown]

Great stuff Jim! Enjoyed getting together with you this weekend!

[Juan Aragonés]

Really nice light and fantastig landing pose Jim. I think that the horizontal out of focus line acroos the uper part of the BG is a little bit distracting but that is very easy to fix.:)