Red Knot

[James Galletto]

This was taken at Lido Beach NY.

Canon 1DmkIV 500mm f4 2x, Ground pod, Incident metered -2/3 1/2000 @ f11 Iso 800

[Randy Stout]

James:

Nice shooting and light angle. Enough to the side that the shadows round out the form. The head angle allowed the lighting to work well also. I might try to tone down the brightest spots in the waves behind the bird, mainly the blob above his head.

Cheers

Randy

[Scott Frye]

Very nice low shot and the phot looks almost 3D on my monitor -- I like wave action in the background and the ripple made by the raised foot

[denise ippolito]

James, I really like the colors of the water and the wave action in the BG. I love the pose and comp. I might tone down the one round blob of water if it were mine. But it is still a very lovely shot that I would love to have.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice incoming pose (and good choice of vertical comp), and I like the visible foot. I too would tame the whitish areas above the head. It may be an illusion, but the area below the feet makes it look like the image may need a bit of CCW rotation.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Good use of the shadow Jimmy.