Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hi all took this at the Western Treatment Plant in Victoria Australia on Sunday.
5d mk iii, 500mm mk ii.
f/4.5 iso 800 and 1/8000 . lowered the highlights on some of the whites and 50% crop .. did some noise reduction on back ground at 25% luminance.. sharpened the resized jpg at around 50 and masking at 70.
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Cheers,
Merv

[Rob Melone]

Mervyn, wonderful pose, exposure, eye and that blue background is so very complimentary. I also like the fact that the legs are in focus. It's a neat, trim image!

[Marina Scarr]

Love the pose, perch, blue water and comp. It all came together very nicely. That said, I am not seeing the kind of feather details I would like to see and wondering if it's b/c of the 50% crop. It's not the NR if you only worked on the BG.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image but it is on the cool side. Maybe some warming up would work.

[keith mitchell]

Very nice shot, the head ,bill, and the feet look nice and sharp but the wing and tail do look a bit soft to me.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Cool pose!
A nice shorebird with good light and a very nice BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the look back pose, perch and blue BG. I would have traded some shutter speed for more DOF. Were your settings set up for a flight shot? Nice image Merv.

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hey Jim, I keep my settings at iso 800 and f stop depending on situation, I would of liked to stop down but the little bird took off before I got a chance to change my settings..
cheers,
Merv