Peace and Quiet

[Joe Senzatimore]

From the North End at Jamaica Bay. Cloudy , soft light and no one around. This Yellowleg seemed to be enjoying the calm,quiet afternoon.

800ISO f8 at 1/800th

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful peaceful scene you captured here. With the face pointing to our left I would have placed the bird further right instead. I would also clone/patch out the OOF debris in the lower part of the image. Nice soft light!

[LouBuonomo]

What Daniel said.. looks like the birdies have moved on ?
Lou

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the mood, light and calm water and agree with Dan about removing the gray patches in the foreground and putting the bird further to the right in the frame.

[denise ippolito]

It does have a peaceful look to it. Very nice image and agree w/ advice already given.

[Grace Scalzo]

Agree with above, love the light and the pastel colors.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely mood , nice details and compo
agree with above suggations
TFS

[Fabs Forns]

Yes, negative space is on the wrong side, but very sweet pose. It should be easy to fix and clean the water a bit :)

[Ryan Marshik]

No, the negative space is on the right side. I might prefer it on the left, but that's my preference. No right or wrong here.

Enjoy the symmetry of the reflected and incident yellow legs. I sometimes add a vignette to images like this to further their gentle mood.
Enjoyed it - thanks

[Steve Canuel]

I like the look/feel of this one Joe. And I'll go against the grain on the bird's position because I like the way the bigger "C" curve of the body and reflection are facing into the open space of the frame. But I barely passed Art in high school so keep that in mind.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Thanks to all for the suggestions. As a photo camera club judge I generally look to the "rules" for guidence , but I also like to think outside the box every so often. Hence my choice for this comp.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the mood and nice setting.. congrats..