Wood Sandpiper

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Here is one of my favorites of the Wood Sandpiper series.
Hope you like it.

Canon 1D Mark II N l EF f4 600mm L IS USM l EF 1.4x TC
f/8 l 1/1600 l -1.0ev l ISO 320 l ff
NW Hungary l July 2007

I wish all BPN moderators, members and guests a happy New Year and lossless 2010!!!

Cheers, Szimi

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

A beautiful image Szimi...great low angle,reflection...bg!!!

Happy new year:):):)

[Randy Stout]

Szimi:

A lovely picture, so quiet, contemplative. Nice techs, shooting angle, colors.

My only thought would be that the reflection is so good, that it actually draws my eye more than the bird.
I might consider a version with the brightness of the reflection down about a stop from the bird itself.
Lovely as is, however.

Randy

[Ofer Levy]

This is awesome mate! I don't recall seeing many images with such a perfect reflection.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

What a great reflection! Sharpness, pose and setting look very good, too. I might lighten the part of the chest that is not sunlit.

Happy New Year to you, too!

[Lana Hays]

Gyorgy
Such a beautiful image. What more could I want but a gorgeous shorebird, perfect reflection and simple BF/water. It certainly makes me think of the sunshine, warmth, and thrill of shorebirds.....especially when I look outside and see snow, ice............and starlings. Well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the reflection BG and ripples in this beautiful image. Well done!

[Peter Farrell]

Great pose, BG and reflection. The water ripples add a lot to the image. I would re-locate your watermark in this particular image.

[Bill Dix]

Handsome pose, and a beautiful color palette. Not to mention the superb reflection. Well done!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Gorgeous reflection Szimi. Love the bird, still a dream of mine to get shots like this of this beautiful wader! Great light, pose and BG. Well done!

wish you a happy new year as well!

Best wishes,

Krijn

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, lovely image Szimi!! For me you needed to point the camera down about one inch more, but otherwise VWD.

A Happy 2010 to you too:).

[Arthur Morris]

COMP is A-OK by me. Light below/darker above usually does not work very well but with the soft, soft light and killer REFL this one rocks.

[aaturravani]

This is such a beautiful shot. Love the details on the bird and also the reflection are so crisp and clear. Excellent work :)

[Michael Bertelsen]

Wonderful image, sharp with the softness of water.

Cheers,

Michael Bertelsen