Curlew

[Jack Faller]

Canon 40D, 500mmf4, 1/2000 @ f/6.3 ISO 400 hand held, manual exposure

From a Best of Florida Workshop with James about two weeks ago.
Wish the head was a little more toward the camera, but was curious
about how much of the clutter on the beach is a distraction and
whether it should all be retained.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

good details of the bird.
however, i feel there's harsh light. and regarding the clutters, it might be a good idea to clone them out IMHO.

[Raymond Barlow]

very nice shot, I might suggest cloning out the clutter in the front right foreground, but everything else looks very good, nice image considering the harsh light.

[Steve Maxson]

A nice image, Jack. Agree about the head angle and the harsh light. If this was mine, I would remove the out-of-focus shells in the lower right and the 2 OOF smaller white shells just to the right of your name. I would leave most of the rest, but might clone out a few of the small white spots here and there.

[Fabs Forns]

Nice image in a difficult light situation, The foreground could be cropped off for the distractions if you are not comfortable with cloning them.

[Arthur Morris]

Another good job of critiquing above but nothing can repair the harsh light or the poor head angle... Also, getting lower would have been a good idea.

later and love, artie