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    Default Morning Bath for a Lesser Yellowlegs.

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    I was following two Lesser Yellowlegs yesterday morning when the one to my right decided to take a dunk 12 feet away from me. Cool!

    Canon 7D + 100-400L @300mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/800s., f/7.1, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, FF (0.35 CW rotation and corners cropped off), a few spots in the water patched out, "cooled" the water's blues via "Selective Color" (reduced the yellows in them).

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    Cool pose, beautiful light and I love the water drops in front and especially the water wrapping around the neck.

    Reflection works well with the ripples on the water.

    I would lighten the back end of the bird a bit and would remove the one little white thing at the birds neck / back intersection on the reflected image.

    I might actually try this with the catchlight removed on the reflected image as the elongated up and down mini dumbell appearance (no..I wasn't speaking of myself) is a bit distracting.

    Overall, lovely

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    Love the necklace of water and the large drop on the bird's breast. I am fine with the shading on the back. Great job of getting the perfect head turn to go with the off-angled light. REFLs are killer. This is a moderately worn juvenile.
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    What a dreamy shot, Daniel, love everything about it. The light, the reflection, the water drops frozen in time. Perfect angle on this, low but still able to catch that reflection. Nice!!!!

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    Sweet shot indeed! Not crazy about the slightly oversharpened and 'doctored' eye.

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    Daniel:

    Lots of good input. I too like the water necklace. I have had lots of waterfowl images with the elongated catchlight in the reflection, and will remove it if too distracting. This one isn't very bright, so doesn't bother me much.

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    The water streaming from the neck makes this shot for me Daniel. I also like the droplets in front of the bird; kind of shows you where the bird's been. Nicely exposed with great eye contact.
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    I think it's great. The water color and ripples are great. I especially like the far right hand water drops, the water necklace and the great light reflecting off the water in front.

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    What makes the image for me is the reflection ripples and frozen water drops and then the bird itself !!!!

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    nice one Daniel,nice light,like the water drops round its neck,and the two above the ripples.wel done.

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    Great image Dan, and some wonderful comments, I also see a CCW rotation needed, love the water necklace too. Print it!

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    I really like the reflection on this one Daniel. It is fun to watch them take a bath

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