Long-billed curlew

[arash_hazeghi]

Marbled Godwit



Nikon D700 300 F/4+1.4X TC f/7.1 1/1250sec ISO 500 sw:Capture NX2. Hope you like it.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice warm light, and raised foot. The muddy bill shows the feeding activity. It could use some rotation though, and the bird looks a tad oversharpened.

BTW, this is a Marbled Godwit.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Aidan for the ID, I did not pay attention to the straight bill, corrected the name :)

[Aidan Briggs]

No problem Arash. Was this taken at the Palo Alto Baylands?

[arash_hazeghi]

Yup in the baylands near the Byxbee park. leveled the horizon by 0.5 degrees, reduced sharpening.

[Aidan Briggs]

Looks better IMO, and thx for the info on the baylands.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Aidan, Sharpening is tricky, I usually post process on my 21" LCD which is 1600X1200 pixels, sometimes when I look at the pics on my Lenovo 15" laptop screen which is 1680X1050 it looks oversharpened because of higher resolution, it's nice to hear from people with different screens to see where the optimum point is:)

[Fabs Forns]

That is one muddy bird :) Nice behavioral image, with good light and sharpness. The whites on the face look hot due to the warm light.

[Hugh J McLaughlin]

Beautiful light and very muddy feeding area.