Red-necked Phalarope

[Mital Patel]

Red-necked Phalarope
Camera : Canon 40D
Lens : Canon 500 f/4 EF L
Exposure : 1/1000sec @ 500mm
Aperture : f/8
ISO Rating : 320
Captured On : Dec 13 2009, 9:15 am
Location : Jamnagar, Gujarat, INDIA

know its bit out focus due to less speed but its done :(

All C&C Welcome

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THe sharp areas look way too sharp, but otherwise your image has a lovely painterly feel Mital! Well done!

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the smooth pastel BG and the motion blur. Akos has a point, a little less sharpening and this will work well for me...

[Harshad Barve]

Another vote for little less sharpening , rest is fantastic
TFS

[Mital Patel]

here is another version untouched just crop from bottom.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I like it with the other bird cloned out, the low angle with the water droplets adds well here...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Mital, I much prefer the version with the two birds!! I actually like that the second bird is OOF...good sense of distance between the two...and the two offsetting poses are very cool!:cool:

[Joe Senzatimore]

My vote is for the 2 birds. The water drops add a final , outstanding touch.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital....loved the comp, shallow dof and the BG. Water droplets are adding lot. Awesome shooting angle too. You are doing an awesome job with the new 500.

[Ashay Dhavale]

Lovely shot. Liked the cloned out version more. The BG is Superb. The water droplets add a nice feel to the image.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Such a beautiful image and I love the BG and , action and lighting you captured in this image. It has a very artistic feeling to it. Love it.

[denise ippolito]

Mital, This does have an artistic look to it. Nice details and BG. I would take some off the bottom. Very nicely done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the image with both birds better, too. The colors of the BG and droplets add to it, I wish for a bit more eye contact.

[James Salywoda]

I really like the feel to this shot Mital a nice bit of action captured the colors in the bg are very nice.

[Suzanne Huot]

Your image has a very special look about about it ,I too like the two bird version

[Juan Aragonés]

I prefer the image with the two birds. The OOF ones adds a lot to the image. It is the cristal clear water drops, the low angle and the fantastic Bg that I like the most in this image. I would kkepp the two birds and same composition but croping a bit in the bottom, like in the original post.