Tough light with the mottled shade/sun, and too bad a lower angle wasn't possible. I would also have pointed the lens more to the right, assuming there were no major distractions beyond the frame, in order to place the Ibis further left. Good catch by the Ibis, and I kinda like the submerged log.
Glad to see you made it to Florida safely and have already started your photographic adventure. Love to see the ibis with the catch. May not have been possible, but would have liked to see this shot from a lower angle with the ibis more in the left side of the frame since hs is facing toward our right. You will note with the current composition that there seems to be a lot of dead space to the left of the ibis which leads the eye away from your subject.
Looking forward to seeing more of your Florida captures.
I really like the shadowy aspects of this image, the submerged log and his foot showing thru the water add to that, as does the prey item. It does feel compositionally unbalanced tho with all that dead space on the left.
PGO, I too like the mysterious look and the submerged log but not the mixed light on the bird (though it is not an image-wrecker here as it usually is for me). I do not understand the compositional choice. I like for there to be a reason of some sort evident in the image when folks opt to go against the guidelines; no reason is evident here.
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Sorry, I also meant to say, that I couldn't point the camera any further to the right, as the bird was nearly under the bridge and I would have gotten some very bright out-of-focus bridge into the image
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