Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by colorcarnival:
love the bubbles - they create some kind of curvy pattern. love the reflection of the feet.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Nice. It's difficult to judge exposure with white birds like this, and you have this one just about right. Like the reflection.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by WriteHeart:
And you do it wo well. I really like this. The bird only takes up about 20% of the picture so that is OK ;-)

Nicely done.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by ErikV:
Beautiful bird! Like how you were able to bring out that the beak and legs have the same combination of black and yellow/orange. Also, nice smooth water background.

Regarding the issue of what is a bird doing in a water picture, my attitude is that the challenge has water as a theme -- thus water itself or things in a watery environment are all fair game. My 1st entry (wood duck) is similar to yours in this regard.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by tnun:
This one really hums. Dark lines/shadows in water echo bird's bill. (Intrigued by those spherical things in the water).

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by hajeka:
It's a kind of water bird, so there shouldn't be any problem and (as said by cogerox) what is water without birds? Reflection of the toes is wonderful.

But I agree with you, this is more a photo of a bird than of water.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by cogerox:
What's water without birds? Nothing. Looks like you had a great reflection there, too. Same thing happens to me, but they won't let me get close enough for the shot.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment by KarenNfld:
Lovely photo, good colours.

Pelicans and Friends
by tinky2

Comment by SandyP:
Dawn!! This is SO amazing!!! I'm in awe how you can see this massive amount of birds. . .yet you can actually see facial expression on that one. What an INTERESTING photo!!! I love it!

Pelicans and Friends
by tinky2

Comment by missykim:
This is busy spot, must be good eattin'. Nice colors, great capture.