Juvenile Yellow Wagtail

Some time ago, I spent some time at a partly dried up wetland. Photo opportunities were poor, but I managed to photograph a juvenile Yellow Wagtail (at least I believe it is), which paid me a very short visit.
Nikon D80 @ 420 mm, iso 200, f 6.3, 1/125 sec on a groundpod.

I like the near-monochrome feel to this. You have controlled the depth of field nicely as well.

David

Hi Sandra,

Lovely shot of this juvenile Wagtail!
I do feel that a bit of curves might shed some more light on the subject and improve this somewhat.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

I would go for a closer, square, crop as for me the overall impact of the image is spoilt by the amount of foreground slurry, crop it out and you will considerably increase the emphasis on the main subject.

The overall image on my monitor also looks a little flat, still a nice capture, well seen.

I like it, and agree with Jeroen that a bit of a lift in curves would help by lightening the subject.

Nice shot Sandra love the low POV but have to agree it needs a bit more punch

A very nice capture Sandra and with the tweaks suggested it could be a cracking image. Worth spending a little more time over.

Brett

Agree with the above suggestions but a lovely shot Sandra.

Hi Sandra, Like th ePoV very much. Nicely done.

Nits covered.....A lovely little image Sandra, a great little subject with a lot of character.

Fran