Marbled Godwit

Gallery: AvianPosted April 22, 2012177 views9 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0, laying on ground
f6.3, 1/640, ISO200

Bolivar Point, Texas.

85% of full frame, adjustments to levels, usual sharpening drill.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 22, 2012 at 1:25 PM

This godwit looks like it is struttin' its stuff. Well captured with a good low angle and I think the laughing gull in the BG adds more than it detracts

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 22, 2012 at 2:50 PM

Now that is getting down & dirty Jim! Love the wonderful low angle, strutting action of the godwit and I also like the gull in the background, it gives an added depth to this image.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 22, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Good detail and I like the comp Jim. These guys are never alone so the gull in the background adds nicely to the image.

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM

Well Jim I guess I am going against the flow and would prefer a more neutral BKG in terms of subject matter, but hey, this is the location these birds frequent so no control over that. POV is good, with nice depth of detail & colour, but again, would try to open up the darker parts of the legs just to get a hint more detail.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 22, 2012 at 3:59 PM

Nice bird and strut. A bit tight as presented. I'd also brighten this up slightly.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 22, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Jim i like the way this bird strutts across the image,looks very good to me.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 23, 2012 at 4:19 PM

Jim, I like the very low angle. To me this is a bit dark. Some light in the eye would have been nice as well. BG is fine with me.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 23, 2012 at 11:42 PM

Love the businessman like strut. Really attractive specimen. Unfortunately, I'm not too fond of the other birds in the background, takes away from an otherwise great Godwit image. My2c.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on April 24, 2012 at 2:02 AM

Looks a very natural beach composition. I like his struttering pose and the close crop really shows up the detail in the bird. Graham

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