American Coot

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone. Well this guys are starting to show up more and more. Here is one from the other day. Hope you enjoy. C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Camera -Nikon 300s, Lense - Nikon 200-400 w/1.4 tc, Exposure - 1/640, Aperture - F6.3, ISO - 250, Focal Length - 320mm, Metering - Multi Segment, Manual.

[Mital Patel]

Robert

Superb capture of calm water and exposure is really good.

Not to specially mention that water droplets on the back is super addition.

i find the blue's of water got warm touch and enhanced it.

added a bit of sharpness USM to the bird and ran a round of NR over bg.


Hope you'll like it.

[Robert Holguin]

Thanks Mital. Yes I like it. Your adjusments made a huge difference. Thanks again.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice job on the exposure and reflection. Mital's tweaks bring it out even more.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Either one is sweet. I tend to prefer the first one , but just my taste.

[Karl Egressy]

Great feather details, nice head turn and perfect reflection.

[Grace Scalzo]

Your exposure looks solid...I've stuggled with these birds. Lovely details, topped off by the water droplets on his back. Mital's post looks the most natural to me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like Mital's repost, but both need CCW rotation and a bit more space at bottom. Great job on the exposure Robert...that bill can be easy to blow, especially with all those blacks to contend with

[dankearl]

Nice image Robert and mital's repost takes it up a notch.
Very nice exposure of a tough bird to get right.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Sweet light & greet exposure. Nice reflection. I like Mital's repost & agree with Dan. TFS

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose and reflection, well exposed and the repost looks great

[arash_hazeghi]

A very nice coot shot, love the colors and excellent exposure

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the reflection, exposure and HA. Mitals repost improves this image. Well done Robert.