Marbled Godwit

[Mike Landwehr]

The marbled godwits don't show up at Estero all that often. This was the first one I had ever seen. He showed up with a long-billed curlew one morning, though they didn't seem to get along all that well! Darkened the eye, added a touch of saturation to the bill, cleaned up some light/dark spots in the background, added a touch of mid-tone contrast, cropped, sharpened. All C & C welcome.

1D Mark II N
500 mm + 1.4x
ISO 200
1/1250 at f/5.6
tripod

[Hayath Mohammed]

This has some nice details and light, the angle and background works very well.

The composition seems a little tight to me, but all said and done a fine specimen shot

Cheers,
Hayath

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Your Godwit is sharp, well exposed, nice angle in frame, foot up pose, smooth BG, good shooting angle.

I am OK with the crop.


Cheers

Randy

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet godwit image, Mike. Love the raised foot, eye contact, and complimentary background.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sharp, well exposed, and nice colours (the bill looks great against all those light browns and tans). I love the raised foot. A bit tight for me, too...I'd add back some below and left if you have it (not much needed).