Marbled Godwit on the balance beam ..

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks ...
having the Olympics in mind , this came into my brain
Image taken before the sunrise ... so I tried to keep the moodiness in the tone and colors .
Some might not like it ... I thought is a bit different so I gave it a shot , wonder what you think . Don´t be shy ... as Arthur likes to say

Canon EOS R 6 II
RF 100 - 500 IS L at 500 mm
HH

F 7,1 ; Iso 2500 ; 1/200 sec

Processed with DT 4.8.1 and PSCC 2024 ; slight crop for the wide composition

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous postings

Cheers Andreas

[Colin Driscoll]

I particularly like this one Andreas, nicely moody.
Love the touch of green algae on the log.
Not comfortable with the crop though, just a bit much negative space in front.

[William Dickson]

This works well for me Andreas. Love the 'feel' of the image. You would really need to see this printed large, I think it would look awesome. Pose, HA, detail on the bird all look good. BG colours, all work well together, and I like the perch.

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks guys for your comment , much appreciated .

@ Colin ... nice to see you commenting , hope you can chime in with new stuff of your work . I hear you about the crop / comp .... I have chosen this crop because of my imagination being a ballerina on the balance beam to give " her " a lot room . For sure I could have gone a classical comp

Cheers Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the crop as is. I also love the sombre mood here. The rising curled foot is super. He did not start breakdancing à-la-Raygunn?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Dan ... no he did not the dancing moves , it is a elegant bird .