Limp Wrist Female Grey Wagtail

[christopher galeski]

Shot taken the other week on local river,these are flighty birds,but managed to stalk this and get quite close.cannon 500mm IS,L,F4,Tripod.EX1.4,FL700MM,1/800S,F5.6,ISO500.Crop,sharpened,lightened a touch.

[Kirk Benson]

Lovely little bird, I like the river rock BG, the low POV, and your composition Chris. I would be tempted to clone out the lower of the two catchlights.

[keith mitchell]

Chris I like the way you have exposed this, plumage looks lovely, very nice.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

One of my favourte birds Chris. Got these on the garden ponds at the moment. Even get the oddone one the bird table !Like the water on the lifted foot ! Nice.
John

[Joe Murphy]

Lovely shot Chris, great pose & sharpness, you're not wrong about being flighty.

[Mike Poole]

Nice work Chris, not an easy bird to frame well because of the signature tail, but I like the angle you've taken here

[William Dickson]

That's a cracker Chris. Great colours on the bird, and perfect surroundings for the Wagtail. We have a few up here, but, as said already, they are not easy to get close to. They seem to enjoy the chase :w3 Good work

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the foot rising out of the water, and you got some very nice subdued light on your subject. The rock in lower left corner is unfortunate IMO, but I do like the BG boulders.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking and comments,Daniel,I thought of cloning the rock out,but the rock sticking out of the water across from the raised foot,balanced the bird,if you know what I mean.thanks again everybody.