American Coot

[Indranil Sircar]

Another Coot photo. I was not sure of the crop; does this work?

Canon 40D + Sigma 50-500 F4-6.3 APO DG HSM
ISO 400, 1/400 sec, 500mm at f8, partial metering -1/3

[joel quenneville]

The low angle on this is great. However, I think this would look better with a verticle crop, if you have the room. That way you can have more headroom above the duck and still have the reflection. I might also add a little selective sharpening to the head and tone down the whites in the beak.

[Alan Murphy]

I think the bird lower in the frame would work better. Some fill flash would help with the strong side light. I think a lower shooting angle would also improve this image. Good fopcus tracking on a bird that is moving fast towards you.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I agree with the suggestions you got and think a vertical crop might work better and it definitely needs more room at the top.

[Indranil Sircar]

Joel, Alan, Axel - thanks for the feedback. I have updated the base photo.
~ Indranil

[Maxis Gamez]

Love the position but the image is soft, plus looks like you were in the wrong side of the light.