Black-winged Stilt

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Camera	Canon EOS 7D
Exposure	0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture	f/5.6
Focal Length	400 mm
ISO Speed	800
Exposure Bias	0 EV

100-400 L lens


IMG_2272 by docsanjeev, on Flickr

[gail bisson]

Lovely bird and tack sharp. I know that this is their natural environment but the BG is not the nicest. I would clean up the white bits in th Bg on right side and maybe try a Gaussian blur to soften the BG. I would also clean up the water,
Gail

[Dave Leroy]

Wow. Long legs. Excellent job on exposure with details in blacks and whites. I second the comment about the bg. I like the idea of all water or all land and laying flat in mud (?) might have given all land. Nice and sharp. Looking forward to more.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Gail and Dave,
I agree on the BG, this was the natural habitat of the bird, at a drying lake in near Jaipur, India. It was really mucky, so I couldn't lay flat :-(
Sanjeev

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. I really like the pose, real nice control on the whites and blacks, and I like the soft even light.
Well done.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Robert! Aprreciate your kind words :-)