Bar-tailed Godwit feeding (Reposted Image)

Taken at the same time as my Black-tailed Godwit shot below.

500f/4 and 2x on tripod, iso 200, 1/320, f/11

Thanks for looking.

Lovely shot Paul, very well done, I like it more than the BlackTG shot

Only one slight nit, a bit tight - if this is a crop give the tail a bit more room and maybe you can open up the bottom to include all the reflection. Keep the birds eye in frame center and this really nice image will be a stunner (as always, imho of course)

Nice one

Thanks Andy, great advice as always. Many thanks & have a great weekend.

Paul

Hi Paul - looks really well now - great job
Just add a tad of USM and knock the saturation down on the goddie to about -7/-9 in CS2 (if you can, also stretch the midtone con in Image>Adjust>Shadow/Highlight) - it looks very nice 'cos I've just done it on my machine but I'm not posting it as I've done a bit too much of that lately and feel like I might be looking a bit of a swine to some folk!!

Spot on image Paul of what is rapidly becomming my all time favourite bird

All the best

Regards

Andy

Thanks again Andy, I've had another tweak with the settings you've suggested and reposted the updated version on my website.

Best wishes.

Hi Paul,
Very nice , gorgeous light , prefer the repost.

Kind regards
Andy...

I too prefer the repost. Nice shot of a subject that always seems to have it's bill in the water. I have about 3billion shots that have the bill in water, which is nice, but I wasn't shooting for that particular pose

Very nice image Paul in great light

I too prefer the repost. The lighting , the pose and reflection all very nice. Excellent.