Lesser Yellowlegs

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500 +1.4 ex
1/640 sec. at f/5.6
ISO 500
Tripod

Early morning at the Meadowlands.
I could have lightened the overall tone of the BG. but I liked the rich colors and left them.
re-post w/toned down whites

[Attila Seprenyi]

Nice low angle beautiful BG would not touch it neither. Good timing as well. I like it.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I remember this little guy. :) I like the bathing pose, angle, sharpness and light and would tone down the whites at the underwing and neck.

[Indranil Sircar]

Hi Denise, beaultiful light and colors. Love the low angle and the pose.

[James Salywoda]

I love the bathing pose Denise and the flying water drops outstanding shot excellent detail and low angle.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Beautiful bathing pose,light,angle!!!

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet looking image Denise. Really like the colors and moment you captured here.

[Doug Brown]

I think the exposure looks fine. I like the wing flap and the nice eye contact. I might move the bird slightly to the left of the frame.

[Connie Mier]

This is really sweet, the tones are so complimentary. Well done getting a nice low angle and beautiful action.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice bathing action Denise. Love those blues. Did this guy offer you a great big wing-flap after it was done?

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou everyone for your comments. I appreciate it.

[Stephen Stephen]

Denise well captured bathing action. Great low angle and nice BG colour. I agree with Doug about possibly moving the bird farther to the left of side of the frame. Still a very nicer image.

[Aidan Briggs]

Great light, pose, BG, and exposure. I might crop a tad off the right, but this is still an excellent image, and IMO is your best to date.

Well Done!

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Stephen and Aidan, This image is almost full frame. I just lost a bit off the edges when I straightened it. I considered the crop carefully and felt that taking any off the left would cut into the splash and I didn't want to do that. Thankyou for your thoughts.

[Marina Scarr]

Denise, the light, colors and behavior you captured here are just awesome. The exposure looks good to me. I think I one crop with more off left and one with more off right and see if either pleases you more than this one. Of course, you may well have tried this. An awesome capture!

[Ramon M. Casares]

I would crop a bit from the bottom, still a lovely image, great natural moment, light, detail, exppsure, colors and species! Congratulaitons!

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful compo with bang on exposure, lovely BG & splash
TFS

[Matt Vosniak]

I am loving the water color and the bathing action in your image Denise. The light you had is too good!!!

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all very much for taking the time to comment.Much appreciated.

[Dan Brown]

Great shot, love the low angle Denise! There is nothing quiet like laying on your stomach with these birds walking right up to you! The only thing that I might do with this image to improve it would be to remove the little feather sticking out of the birds head:p.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Dan!!