Black-winged Stilt

[Mital Patel]

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR
Exposure : 1/1250sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/9
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Feb 13 2010, 096 am
Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA

Full frame version posted in next with reflection.

C&C Welcome

[Mital Patel]

Need your feedback on this one. Full Frame of previous version.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very good pose, I like the combination of raised wings and feeding. Light, sharpness and angle look good, too, and good job on expanding the canvas at the top. If the bird were angled toward you that would have put it over the top for me and I think it needs a bit CCW rotation. I wish the dark spots in the reflection of the legs were not there.

Is the horizontal the same image? I'm wondering since there is no green band behind the bird.

[Danny Laredo]

Very nice pose you got here Mital. I like the crop you did.

[Mital Patel]

Axel the second one is the full frame image of the primary posted close cropped.
the green on primary image in bg was actual and on wide it was bit distracting as what going one way only so cloned out in wider one.

[Katie Rupp]

Beautiful light, Mital; I vote for the crop b/c the reflection is not that great and for me, detracts from the great pose and colors.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the angle light, pose, exposure & BG. Well done!

[tiziano cei]

don't see "green lines" on the full frame vers?



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[Bryan Hix]

I like the pose a lot, but wish the bird were angled more toward you. Did you use NR on this? It looks almost too smooth in some areas.

[Bert De Tilly]

Beautiful light,very nice shot excellent focus.

[niranjan sant]

beautiful shot,love the calm waters and low angle