Oyster Stretch

[bob arkow]

Hello:

Taken this morning while the sun was out for a few minutes.

D-300, ISO 800, 300VR 2.8, 1.7x, f/5.6, 1/800.

Comments and suggestions appreciated.

thanks.

Bob

[DustinFinn]

Really love that background and the pose, the environment is a little cluttered - not sure if its worth all the work to clean to it up - Maybe just the one larger dark (because its shadow side) stick thats primarily a distraction...

I do love that open beak...

[Joe Senzatimore]

Sweet light and pose Bob. maybe just a bit heavy on the saturation. Too bad the light got bad so fast. I was at the other colony , but not for long.

[Troy Lim]

Nice light, Bob. I would try to bring out some details in the blacks.
It shows habitat, it is what it is, not much you could do about that.

[denise ippolito]

Bob, The environment is what it is. I might just evict the straight up piece and the dark one along w/ the tiny piece of white and the tiny bit of blue. Nice pose and open mouth. I agree w/ trying to get some more details out of the darks. Nicely captured and the golden light and sweet BG are nice.

[Don Lacy]

Hi Bob, Nice light and pose,

[Gen Benjamin]

Beautiful light & pose Bob. I agree with Joe, it looks a bit over saturated.
Gen

[Harshad Barve]

I love beak and eye of this bird , lovely pose and works for me , excellent
TFS

[Stephen Stephen]

Bob great pose including the open bill. I'm fine with the environment too but I agree with Joe about reducing the saturation a bit.

[Danny Laredo]

Super light pose and detail.

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

beautiful lighting and pose

[Leandro Herrainz]

hello, I really like this picture, but I see a lot of yellow and noise on the bg, the pose is excelent