Black-necked Stilt "First Year juvenile"

[James Salywoda]

Black-necked Stilt
Southern California

I like the wing position captured and how the bird looks against the blue water bg.:D

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4
1/2500 F6.3 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Bonnie Block]

Super nice, Jim. It could not be any sharper. The fine details are amazing.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Exceptional mate. I love the wings in the down position. A remarkable image indeed. Well done! :)

[Kristin Brown]

Jim,
Wonderful image.
I love the sharpness with the gorgeous background. Lovely!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wow that's a knock out shot - super detail and colours excellent pose.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Excellent flight pose, great details and sharpness, really like how you manage to captured the bird parallel to the sensor. Excellent job.

[Jeff Dyck]

Top drawer Jim. Great background (love the subtle horizontal bands) and a perfect exposure.

[Harshad Barve]

nailed it James , killer image as usual
TFS

[Mital Patel]

superb image

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful wing position,eye contact,details!

[Pieter de Waal]

Great BIF image James, good exposure especially the wings and good sharpness overall. The pose is typical of these guys in flight , well captured.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice...I love this!! I only wish the red iris was more prominent...could you dodge and sponge (if needed) it a bit for added punch to the eye?

[Stu Bowie]

Great wing position Jim, and I like the light, colours and detail. Nicely separated from the water BG too. Well captured.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jim, nothing substantial to add. This is one heck of a shot. Great wing position and bird parallel to the sensor makes all the difference.

[denise ippolito]

Picture perfect James.:) The pose, BG and sharp details all came together nicely for this one.