woodstork in evening light

[allanrube]

I took this shot last week about 15 minutes before the sun set below the horizon. I like to watch the storks who seem as interested in me as I am in them.
D300s 600 VR with 1.4 tc - 1/800 f5.6 - +.3 EC at (auto) iso 360

[Eric Diller]

Nice warm glow....sunset lighting is always nice! Nice catch light tool

[Troy Lim]

Allan, nice golden light.
Too bad we did not have a chance to go out and shoot.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice color from the light, and I really like the smooth textures.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Very nice light and comp with excellent head position. Liked it a lot.

[Pieter de Waal]

Nice portrait with great exposure. The late afternoon light reflected on the bill is stunning.

[allanrube]

Thanks for the comments. Can anyone tell what bothers me most in this image?

[Marina Scarr]

The eye and head placed in the middle. This could be alleviated by turning the square crop into a vertical crop. The colors and details here are gorgeous.

[allanrube]

You could be right Marina, but it is not what bothers me.

[Craig Brelsford]

Wait, I'd like a guess. What's bothering you is the loud light on the stork's shoulder. At least, that's what's bothering me. Any way you can recover some of the details?

[allanrube]

You have a point Craig. That is a more serious error than what I was thinking of, but there is more detail in the full size tiff.

[allanrube]

What bothered me was the "hair" feathers beig uncombed.