A wet Wattle Bird in the rain

[Jim Dahl]

A wet Wattle Bird in the rain, amazing just how sodden wet the bird was.

Canon 50D
100-400mm lens with 1.4x TC
ISO 1600
560mm
f/8.0
1/400sec

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Hi Jim, might have gone vertical on this. I would add more shapening and some contast to the bird. It does show off his wattles though. Good job with the manual focus.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jim Agree with Jackie, going vertical and the PS enhancements. With these I don't mind leaving a little under contrast to go with the mood !!

Glad you raised the ISO !! ... hope the lens was on a tripod !!!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Agree about vertical too. I really like the idea of showing rain falling down around the bird, just wish that the tail was not clipped.

[Lance Peters]

Like the rain and the overall feel - looks a tad soft on my screen.
The clipped tail is unfortunate - best to include it all unless you are making a compositional cut on purpose.
TFS

[Oscar Zangroniz]

I like the rain effect on your subject. Do agree that the image is a little soft, and wish the tail wouldn't have been left out.
Congrats