Marbled Godwit

[Doug Brown]

I photographed this Marbled Godwit in some nice afternoon light while out in California.



Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400, hand held

[Harshad Barve]

lovely compo , nice details , killer BG
TFS

[Bonnie Block]

The rich colors--great light make this one a good one for me.

[Fabs Forns]

Nice pose with perfect head angle. Great EXP control. The wet face feathers give the impression of softness, but the eye is sharp.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful light,angle,pose!

[Brian Barcelos]

Very lovely image Doug. Beautiful detail coming out of that 7D. Super sharp and comp very good. Wouldn't change a thing.

[Jim Fenton]

Beautiful light on a wonderful subject (MG's are one of my favorite subjects).

Overall, the subject looks just a little soft? (I do realize that some of the plumage is wet).

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, angle and eye contact and would sharpen the bird a bit more.

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely colours, angle and light and agree on just a tad more sharpening needed...

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice Doug, love the colors and HA, BG is nice too, it may just be my screen but I'd sharpen the feathers a bit more, nice detail! TFS

[Kiran Khanzode]

Lovely light, great eye contact, nice natural/attentive pose.

[Robert O'Toole]

Great subject and super light.

Image looks a little soft, maybe more USM is needed. Also laying in the water or mud would have given you a better background.

Robert

[Robert O'Toole]

Looking at it again it looks like textbook back focus. The legs and rear look sharper.

Robert

[Jim Fenton]

After looking at this again, I would agree with Robert. The focus point does appear to be toward the back leg and you can see this in the water as well.

[Doug Brown]

I agree with the slight backfocus diagnosis. I'm still learning how to use the new AF modes, and I was probably using AF expansion points for this image. Not as precise as center point, which is what I normally use. This was also an image that I processed on my laptop; for whatever reason, I've gotten feedback on several of those images about lack of sharpness. Here's a repost with additional sharpening.

[Harshad Barve]

Doug
Repost looks better

[Steve Canuel]

Repost does look better. Image still has a soft, warm glow to it that I personally think looks good.

[Stu Bowie]

Doug, Im beginning to like the guys with their long curled bills. Lovely soft afternoon light and warm colours. Your repost does look better.