willie no-tail

You can't see the tail of this particular Australian fantail, which has a scientific name of Rhipidura leucophrys, but is known as the Willie Wagtail by everyone.

I ventured 25 km away to the Jerrabombera Wetlands today, but had no joy finding any waterbirds, but fortunately did manage to spent some time getting up close & personal with a family of willie wagtails.

[judith deacon]

I'm at a loss for words, this is truly beautiful - Big FAV

[LTaylor]

what a wonderfful wooly fluff of a creature beautifully stumped

[Taffy]

Absolutely brilliant processing and a gorgeous result!

[☠northy]

really beautiful processing!

[Islandgirl]

Love this processing, very surreal background!

[Nancy]

Me too...amazing Lyn!

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent as always

[Leslie]

beautiful capture and processing

[Rosie Kerr]

Lyn, your editing skills really amaze me. :) Beautiful result.

[Sally Ings]

Love the background, fabulous capture

[PhotoCrazy]

Lovely!

[Sassik]

Loove the fluff! Beautiful subtle tones you have chosen for the backdrop.

[Lyn Todd]

@sassik thanks! I took a few wrong turns with colour choice & texture of backdrop with this one. I learnt that I had to balance the strong 'white' & 'fluffiness' of the feathers with a subtle background colour & tone. Ahh photography is just one big learning curve... :)

[Sassik]

@ltodd It really works well here!
And so true about the learning curve... Just glad it is also so rewarding and fun ;)

[katy]

Even better on black and you have captured wonderful detail of him! Of course your processing is amazing as always!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Wow this is nothing other than a portrait! HUGE FAV!

[Debbie]

Beautifully edited Lyn.

[Jane Pittenger]

Perfect lighting, sharpness, texture. Big fav. Sorry red the no water birds though

[Elizabeth]

Love the sharp, fluffy bird against the subtle background.

[Krista Marson]

this is great :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I feel like I'm looking at a display in the Museum of Natural Science. This is beautiful- fav!