Marbled Godwit at Sunrise

[gail bisson]

Taken at Fort Desoto at 7:20AM. I love the golden light.
HH, sitting in the lagoon
Canon 1D MK IV
F 500mm
ISO 800
SS 1/1000
f 6.3
Slight crop ~ 10% from bottom and rhs
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Melissa Groo]

Gail, we must have been posting at the same time! What a beautiful portrait, I love this. The golden light, the demure pose, the droplet on the bill tip, the out of focus background and sense of habitat. Lovely job.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice!! I only saw this guy along the beach...I so wanted it in that more marshy area! Nice light, pose, BG, low angle. I would smooth out the orangy streak directly above the head, but I like all else...

[Marina Scarr]

Love everything about this one, Gail. I bet you were sitting in the water to capture this one. Lovely colors and pose.

[dankearl]

I really like the watercolor look to the scene and habitat.
Nice DOF with the thin line of water focus and the bird.
Very nice.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet light, lovely pose, great low angle and background. It all works. Well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

[Gaurav Mittal]

Beautiful image, love the light and the pose. May be a slight tilt of the head towards us, otherwise a great image.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is a beauty stands out nicely against the golden BG

[Ofer Levy]

Nice image. A bit warm though - some cooling filter can help IMHO.

[gail bisson]

Hi Ofer,
I thought about toning down the yellow but that is what it looked like IRL so left it as is. I will have a try with the cooling filter to tweak though and see if I like it. I have images from 3 or 4 minutes later and the light completely changed and I didn't like it as much,
Gail
Hi Marina,
Yers, I was sitting in the lagoon!

Nice image. A bit warm though - some cooling filter can help IMHO.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, your shooting angle from the water creates the perfect perspective. Pose and HA look good, and just love the light, colours, detail and overall sharpness. Nicely separated from the BG. Well captured.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Awesome shot, Gail. loved the pose, light and the BG. details, exp. comp...all that is excellent as well. would love to have something like this in my files some day.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Gail,love the light,low angle and the blured BG,some nice detail.well done.