Interesting pose. The HA doesn't bother me. I do find the line/ material running in the water vertically distracting. Might add a bit of contrast to the bird
Hi Ian - the removal of the line in the water has improved - sweet light.
Doin well - like the pose - HA is a little off as mentioned.
A little more sharpening perhaps and wonder if the point of focus was on the back - looks sharper than the head/eye area.
Could have stopped down more - nothing in the BG to be concerned about and had SS to support it.
Like it!!
The thing I love about this is not so much the bird, but that you've got a great image of Rhynchokinesis, which is the ability of shorebirds to bend their upper bills.
It usually happens in a split second, and is usually photographed by fluke rather than design. But if you always try and capture the bird when it opens it's bill you will increase your chances of photographing it.
Nice open bill/ruffled feathers shot. I would hope for a bit more detail though. Why noise reduction at ISO 500, was the image underexposed? Perhaps the tele dropped the IQ somewhat, because the techs (1/2000 sec f/8) seem correct. The mud and other stuff don't add to the image either IMO, so I'd go ahead and eliminate them. regards~Bill
Hi Ian, I'm very happy to see you shooting under warm light conditions. Improves the image 100%. I like the open bill and as others mentioned wished for a better HA.(not an image killer)
Agree with Bill regarding the mud. I would eliminate all of it. Keep it up...seeing improvement in quality...
It's elegant this way, with the clean water. As much as I love warm light, I'd have been tempted to bring the white balance / color temp down a little in the raw converter, for perhaps a bit more color accuracy and bluer water. (But then I'm rarely accused of placing accuracy above art.)
The camera's decisions about white balance are a good guess, at best. Nothing about it is guaranteed to be "true" to the scene.
Long Billed Dowitcher
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