Lesser Yellowlegs and Droplet

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Photographed at the Meadowlands near New York City a couple of days ago early in the morning.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/250s, f/8, EC -0.33, ISO 400

[denise ippolito]

Axel, Beautiful morning light. I like the tight composition and the water drop is nice and sharp.

[Ed Cordes]

Sweet light. The water drop makes the image moe interesting. The HA is perfect. I can't see any adjustments to be made. Thanks for sharing.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely photo Axel. I really like the blended or banded bg colours. Bird looks great too. Dave

[Aidan Briggs]

Sweet light, pose, and BG. Great exposure, and tack sharp. The water drop doesn't add much too the image IMO, because its not in sharp focus.

Well Done!

[Sid Garige]

Excellent background and very nice details. Very well composed image.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet bird in sweet light. Is that an out of place feather on top of his head? I like the concentric circles.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Sweet bird in sweet light. Is that an out of place feather on top of his head? I like the concentric circles.

Thanks, Grace! Yes, he forgot to comb that morning. :)

[Harshad Barve]

Super BG , expo , sharpness & details
TFS

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Didn't notice unless I read Aidan's comment - the "misaligned" OOF drop kind of distracts. Yes, nit-picking. Perhaps taking a bit more off the top could further improve.

Great image. Congrats, JR

[Simon Bennett]

I like the low perspective, pose and warm brown setting.

[Kiran Poonacha]

one more killer from you axel brother, loved the pose, the golden tint on the water makes the bird stand out well.. congrats..

[Danny Laredo]

The water drop is cool. Nice timing Axel. All in all a sweet low angle image. Love the colors.

[Stu Bowie]

Pin sharp Axel, and I like the light, and colours. The blue around the legs adds so much to the image too. Well captured.