Red Knot Stretch

[Jim Fenton]

Late in the day on the outgoing tide in Massachuestts.

Nikon D300, 500VR, TC14EII, ISO 640, F 6.3, 1/2000 CW metering, NearUniWB, +1.0 EV

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice stretch (although I usually prefer when the near wing is being stretched). A lower angle if possible would have worked well here, I would eliminate the smaller reddish catchlight, and would tone down the BG waveline coming out of the bird's forehead. As posted sharpness looks perfect, and the pale blue water looks great against the light brown/tan hues.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Funny stretching!
Love the look of this guy and the calm blue waters. Light looks perfect in this one.

[Kiran Khanzode]

A "Crisp" image, unique pose and great low angle. I would boost up the color temp just a bit, but that's a personal taste thing.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely compo ,pose , low angle and sharpness ,
TFS

[Phil Battley]

Jim - what's the date on this? The bird's in really great juvenile plumage with those black subterminal bars. And it's another good candidate for 'name the feather tract'...

Phil

[David Fletcher]

Super shot Jim. Lovely pose and like your presentation. Agree on the red eye highlight, which is pretty minor. Love the cool "blue" feel. WD!

[Jim Fenton]

Date of image creation was 9/19/09.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice one Jim but Dan is too, too smart. He stole my critique word for word. Where exactly?

[Arthur Morris]

ps: Light a bit harsh and contrast a bit too high.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Love it Jim! Exceptional work IMO. In a perfect world the wing, yes as said, and maybe the head would also be another 0.0356 degrees more turned towards you :D but to the majority of mankind this would be an awesome image from all aspects despite those technical observations. I do agree with removing the reddish catchlight. The BG looks wonderful! :)
Thanks for sharing.

[Jim Fenton]

Location was Plymouth Ma.

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Very nice, with good critique by Daniel. I might be tempted to clone out about an inch of the wave that intersects the head, but leave the rest because of the repeating lines with the other waves and beach. Perhaps that is what Daniel was implying?

Randy