yellowlegs at Merritt Island

[allanrube]

I went through MI while visiting friends on teh east coast Sunday. It ws later in the morning than I would have liked but I am a good guest.

I Liked the reflection.

Nikon D300s with 600 VR and 1.4 tc. 1/1250 at f7.1 (auto)iso 280, 0 EC.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, nice reflection and I like the water trail behind the bird. Great smooth water elsewhere. I wish the catchlight was as nice as in the reflection, and the image needs a few degrees of CW rotation.

[AlvanBuckley]

Beautiful reflection Allan. In fact the reflection looks like it is almost more sharp than the bird itself! I think that might be due to the catchlight in the eye of the reflection while there isn't one in the bird. The ripples add a great touch to the composition. Does the image need a bit of CW rotation?
TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Wow, talk about no wind. Nicely done with a perfect REFL.

[Peter Farrell]

A perfect reflection. Nice light, color and detail. Agree about the CW rotation. Also two tiny dark specks in the water in front of the bird. Great composition.
Peter

[Marina Scarr]

Glad to see you made it down safely, Allan. Your reflection actually looks even better than the bird itself. Look at that catch light in the reflection. Glad you were able to find some birds at MI.

[Colin Driscoll]

Great reflection! and the ripples give a visual anchor. Agree it needs CW rotation and a catchlight.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice reflection but it looks like a huge crop from the lack of fine details

[Michael_Loizou]

Tried, out of curiosity, to rotate the image 1.5 degrees to the right and then flip the canvas vertically!

IMHO it looks more natural with the extra sharpness and the catch-light being on the 'upper' bird (even if it is not how it actually was in real life!)

[allanrube]

When I work on it I will definitely add the catchlight.

I will add some rotation too, even though I *think* this is the way I saw it.

Thanks for the comments.

[allanrube]

Glad to see you made it down safely, Allan. Your reflection actually looks even better than the bird itself. Look at that catch light in the reflection. Glad you were able to find some birds at MI.

Glad I made it here too. Weather back home is tough and there have been less birds around to since the fall.

[Nico Steenberg]

Awesome reflection !! Like the comp and exposure is spot on. Super shot

[Jim Fenton]

Schmuck (Said with much affection :)

Looks like it could use a bit of CW rotation and just a tad bit of a head turn....but I am jealous for a number of reasons pal!