The Dancer

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

American Avocet, taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA
40D and 400 f/5.6 L
f/6.3, 1/4000, ISO 400, -1/3
The sky cleared out within minutes, I forgot to lower the ISO level :). Should I clone out the reflection? Thank you for your comments.

Nate,

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, calm water and details and only wish for a better light angle and softer light.

[David Roach]

Love the pose. You handled harsh light fairly well. I would try for more details in the shadows (S/H). I'm fine with reflection as is.

[Rene Quenneville]

Very nice composition. Looks like a ballet dancer. I would keep the reflection and shadow. You could clone out the dark spots coming from underwater structures/rocks.

[Rod Wiley]

This is very nice, love the pose and composition, the shadow is fine

[Stu Bowie]

Your title is spot on. Super ballerina pose, with the extended leg, and water that you couldnt ask to be any calmer. There are a few hot spots, which can easily be fixed. Well captured.

[Dave Barnes]

I like the dancing pose and the colours in the image.
Another vote for leaving the shadow.
Can you recover any more detail from the dark feathers?
The birds body and wings look just a tad soft to me? (could be my old eyes)

[Morkel Erasmus]

nits have been covered. very apt title and great pose here! some tlc can further improve this as suggested above...

[Steve Maxson]

A terrific pose and good sharpness. I would leave the shadow and reflection as is. The blacks don't look too bad on my monitor, but I would try to tone down the brightest areas of the whites. Well Done.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

thanks everyone for your time and comments