Marbled Godwit

[Alfred Forns]

From Little Estero Lagoon Found some MGs and work my way for second oof bird This was my favorite from the morning

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Nikon D300
200-400 VR
f 5.6 1/1000 sec
ISO 400
Av 0

[Maxis Gamez]

Hey Al,

This one is not working for me. The bird in the BG is rather distracting, the foreground is cutting your subject's feet and the focused bird is dead centered. Were you trying to do something we don't know about?

[Jody Melanson]

I like the exposure and the sharpness of your main subject. I find the OOF bird distracting and don't like the line going across the front of the image. Also I think a vertical would have been nicer.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Although I don't mind the OOF bird, the foreground at bottom is very distracting. The centered composition works in my opinion because of the two bills facing outwards in opposite directions.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Love the bird in focus. Not sure about the oof godwit.
What the grey fg element is? Takes my eyes from the beautiful texture of the bg.
Szimi

[Milo Burcham]

This works for me. I like the complementary head positions and the dreamy quality to the image overall. Maybe a dust spot on the far right?

[Bonnie Block]

Al, like this image too. It certainly makes you look twice--and sure qualifies as an unconventional shot-- I am not drawn to the oof bird--I keep coming back to the main subject.