Black-necked Stilt "Late Light"

[James Salywoda]

Black-necked Stilt
Southern, California

Taken A few weeks ago in some late light.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/1000 F6.3 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

For me just a touch tight and almost perfect HA. WOW! You nailed this just about. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Danny Laredo]

James, this is superb, just love the light in this image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose, sharpness, wing position, eye contact and BG look good. I might try to get more details in the blacks and remove the sheen on the bill.

[Chris Kotze]

Super BIF, lovely detail and colours

[Morkel Erasmus]

ditto trying to recover some detail from blacks and might need a touch more space, but overall this is one excellent photo that I wouldn't mind in my gallery!!

[Dave Barnes]

Very nice capture in super light.
Ditto Axel on the bill reflection and detail in the black feathers.

[Lorant Voros]

Agree with Axel about trying to recover detail in the blacks. Overall a great photograph that you can be very proud of.

[Stu Bowie]

The stilt pops from the BG nicely, and super sharp where it counts. Comp wise, I would just take a bit off the top. Great capture James.

[David Hemmings]

James, this is a real beauty. The pose and that wonderful warm evening light make this shine, excellent flight image.