Godwit

[Gavin Spooner]

Model: NIKON D2X
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 5.0
Focal Length: 400mm

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image , lovely techs , compo and lighting are perfect for me , water line from beak is just too good
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely loved the way the water is following the beak.. nice light and details too..

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely Godwit image, Gavin. Nice light and detail. I especially like the circles in the water. Darkening down the reflections of the water streaming from the bill may be an option.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

nice angle,timing,colors!

[Brian Barcelos]

Love the BG and FG colors, really makes him stand out. Good light here and the water/worm?) he is slurping up adds to an already great image. Congrats

[Mital Patel]

he he .. thats class apart. nice extension for the beak.

[Marina Scarr]

Long time no see, Gavin. This is absolutely one of your best. Love the GB, the light and the action. The picture is tack sharp. Congrats!

[Nagesh Mula]

Gavin, the picture is taken in a very good light and the playful mood is very much conveyed here.
I may clone the dirt spot just on top of the beak and may also clone the black spot on just beside its head.

[allanrube]

Very pretty Gavin. The water makes the shot, especially since it first looks like a beak extension. :)
BG is terrific. The light direction is almost perfect, if only the back was a bit more lit.