Black-Winged Stilt

[Mital Patel]

Black winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Camera : Canon 40D
Lens : Canon 500mm EF L F/4 with 1.4 Canon TC
Exposure : 1/1600sec @ 700mm
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO Rating : 320
Captured On : June 31 2009, 08:36 am
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

Thanks to my friend who allowed me try his canon kit.

C&C Welcome

[Danny Laredo]

Love the pose Mital. The pose is elegant as the Stilt is.
Love the water color.
Maybe a bit more canves to the left, as I find it a bit tight there.

[Harshad Barve]

One beautiful image , lovely pose , techs spot on and Killer BG
TFS
ps, BTW is it realy red wattled lapwing , I dont think so :D:D:D

[Rohan Kamath]

Mital bhai... wrong title... :D :D :D
I loved the compo and pose here...I'm undecided on the dark horizontal line in the BG though..

-Cheers,
Rohan
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[Rahul Sachdev]

Mital, I'm sure you did not mean to key in 'Red wattled Lapwing' :) ..
Nice shot, loved the color overall. Would probably look better with a little bit of the bottom portion cropped...

[Mital Patel]

sorry friends for such a hurry post.
yes it is Black winged stilt.

my mind stopped working while i was posting this image got my all living room floor tiles started to crack due to an air leakage inside and thank god everything is in control ... no one hurt.

thanks for the suggestion friends and thanks a lot harshad bhai for calling me..

[Dan Herman]

Nice shot Mital,
After looking at the stilt my eyes were attracted to what looks like a mud encrusted house wren sitting in the RH corner of the frame, even a small twig or something that could pose as its beak. Just looks funny I guess.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice pose and light on this bird. Love the comp. as well. Might ask for a bit more room on left , as mentioned.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice photo. I like the bit of colour and detail around the eye. I like this composition but wonder how a vertical crop would look also. well done with the Canon gear. Dave

[Fabs Forns]

Great blacks and whites, Mital.
I like the idea of the compo but would like a little bit more on both sides.

[Clement Francis]

Definately more space in the left will take this picture to the next level

[john jackson]

I like the tight left-hand crop as it makes the wings point directly at the corner. Gorgeous colour on the water. 1/1600 @ 5.6 makes me feel jealous on a dull day in northern England.

[denise ippolito]

Mital, I like your image design and agree w/ Fabs, just a bit more room on the sides. Very nice pose for this species w/ the long legs.Well done.

[Kiran Poonacha]

more room coved, I like the idea of the inclusion of the small bump, nice light, angle and pose too bhai, congrats..

[Rich Steel]

Hi Mital

A good low POV and very well exposed image. As mentioned before a bit more space either side would have been good. I am glad you left the mud to the right in frame as it balances out the composition.

Cheers

Rich

[James Salywoda]

This is a real beauty Mital I love the composition very nicely captured.