Bar-tailed Godwit

[David Pugsley]

This past fall Central Florida was treated with a rare visitor, this bar-tailed godwit. From what I've been able to learn it's only the ninth recorded bird in the state.

Ft. DeSoto (Outback Key)
Pinellas County, FL
October 21, 2022
1/2000, f/5.6, ISO500
840mm
Sony a1
Sony 600 f/4 + 1.4x

[Colin Driscoll]

Lovely light and BG, nice to get a rarity. The droplets add context.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nicely framed, I would suggest reducing contrast a little, the daks look very dark and some lights perhaps a little bright, both these features are reducing detail definition.

[Dorian Anderson]

Yeah, that BG is great! Love the eye contact and lighting. I'd like the far wing to be a bit higher, but the pose is passable as is. I agree with the idea to reduce the contrast as the bird is starting to look a bit crunchy. I'd also try to extract
more detail from the darks on that top wing.

[arash_hazeghi]

looks nice, sharp with good details but getting a bit too much contrasty...dial it back and it is a winner
TFS