Glossy Ibis.

[Christoph Belanger]

Taken yesterday morning at Jamaica Bay right before Artie started talking to it (it was good to see you Artie).

Details: Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec, Aperture: 6.3, Exposure mode: Av, Exposure compensation: -1/3, Metering mode: Evaluative, Drive mode: Continuous (high), ISO: 400.

[Jim Neiger]

Sweet light and preening pose. I also like the low angle and stunning bg. Well done!

[Art Kornienko]

The BG is super, I would clone out the blurred object LLC and whatever that is sticking out of the water to the right of the birds leg.

[Jonas.Bergqvist]

Beautiful image!
Light, pose and background works well together and makes the image complete.

The pose makes the empty space over the birds head and on the right side look a bit "big".
I would try cropping the image slight on the right side and on top. The body would be in center and the neck and head up in the right corner. In that way the bird makes a smooth S to follow.
The image works very well as it is but there could also be an alternative version.

Critique in english is hard. Please ask if you don't understand what I meant.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail and IQ. Like the pose and comp as is. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours against a killer 3 tone bg. Well done !

[Ed Prete]

Superb lighting and background. One of my favorite spots. Congrats.

[Glenda Simmons]

I really like the preening behavior you captured. The background is nice and the detail on the bird. My eye is distracted by the little blob? at the bottom left. Is that part of a reflection?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Superb low angle, exposure, sharpness BG and pose. Loved the crop a lot. Thx for sharing. If it fits your ethics, then you can clone out the OOF stuff in FG.

[DustinFinn]

This is stunning and with a background to DIE for... its absolutely awesome...