Black-necked Stilt

[Kerry Perkins]

From the Salton Sea, seeing eye-to-eye in the late evening sun.

7D, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/1600 ISO 400 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash

[Chris Korman]

Such a pretty bird. Your exposure/processing is really good, the blacks and whites both have great quality of light and details. I like the square cropping. The only thing that bugs me slightly are those horizontal grey lines near the top left to middle b/c they break up the vertical reed like structures.

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful colors and excellent detail Kerry a wonderful shot.

[christopher galeski]

very nice image Kerry,well exposed,nice green BG,agree about the grey lines at the top,but very nice image.thanks.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful pose and angle here Kerry Bhai.. nicely done..

[Tom Rambaut]

Nice shot - I'm planning to try for Black Winged Stilts early tomorrow morning at a new spot for me. Again nice photo.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice detail and exposure...Like the contrast...Great image Kerry

[Neil Nourse]

Well done - Nice colors and exposure. I might like just a bit more canvas in front of the bird.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic low angle plus head angle. I love the dark BG as the bird pops nicely TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kerry, this is awesome. Superb exposure and IQ. Love the pose and you got the HA too.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Kerry, lovely exposure and pose with good eye contact. Love the green sheen on the wings.

[Richard Dubiel]

Very nice work Kerry, love the details in the blacks!

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Kerry!