Marbled Godwit ~ Late Light

[Jim Fenton]

Image created this past Monday afternoon on Plymouth Long Beach in Plymouth, MA.

It was the only day we've had this week with decent late light so I made the most of it, spending 2 hours with this pair of southbound migrants.

The dark background is an inbound wave.

I am processing these on a laptop I'm not used to working on, so please let me know if the image looks acceptable?

Nikon D300s, 500VR, TC14EII, ISO 640, F 7.1, 1/1250, CW Metering, NearUniWB, +1.7EV applied.

[Brian Sartor]

Beautiful image! Wonderful light on the subject and very nice pose with the open beak and splash!

[Stu Bowie]

Super comp and pose, and well timed to show the beak coming out the water. I like the softer light, and overall nice and sharp. Great capture Jim.

[Keith Bauer]

Your question of does this look acceptable? YES. Very nice. Great timing, lovely light. The eye looks a bit odd with an overly large catchlight or reflection. Simple enough to fix. Great image.

[Jim Fenton]

Catch light is the real deal......I didn't use flash on any of these. Perhaps the low angle of the light or a reflection off the water attributed to this?

[Hendri Venter]

Congrats on a stunning image Jim. You timed it to perfection to freeze the trailing water from the beak. I also like the low angle and the bird pops nicely from the BG. Well done sir!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful warm/soft light and great low angle!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Light is fantastic as is the detail and comp. Love the water on the bill.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful light and the pose w/ the open beak and water splash is very nice.

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely light showcases the plumage nicely. The double catchlight is from the reflection on the water, should be easy to remove if you want to, this happens in a lot of my shorebird images.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Beautiful image. Nice action captured. Lovely sharpness around.
A nice candidate for my book ;)

Szimi

[allanrube]

Super shot - open mouth and water add a lot but composition and exposure (the usual stuff) are great too.

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely details and action. A superb shot. TFS