Wood Sandpiper

[Ian Wilson]

Captured in Tarangire NP, Tanzania, 6 April 2015.

Canon 5DIII + 600 mm f/4 II + 1.4x III extender, hand-held from a vehicle.
Manual, spot metering, spot AF, AI Servo, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, ISO 320.
Processed with DPP4 and PS Elements.

Thanks for looking, critical feedback welcome and appreciated.
Kind regards, Ian.

[John Robinson]

Grand shot indeed Ian. Great IQ.
I had one of these in frontof the new hide last year and missed it !
Maybe this time.
Good Stuff
John

[Karen Pleasant]

Wonderful details in the bird...and excellent use of DOF! To me, a very pleasing image! TFS!

[Randy Stout]

Ian:

Sharp, nice detail in the bird, good pov,catchlight and interesting background. Clean comp as well.

Cheers

Randy

[christopher galeski]

Loverly shot Ian,nice POV,very nice image quality,nice setting.TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Beautifully executed Ian. I really like this.
I'd be tempted to crop a touch tighter, especially from the left side.
But it works.
Really good HA and pose, lovely details.
Thanks for sharing mate.

[adrian dancy]

A delightful bird. Sadly I have only seen these at about 200 yards through a telescope. If I can get an image like this I would be over the moon. Quite a delicate wader and you have captured it brilliantly IMHO.

[gail bisson]

This is lovely Ian. And POV is really good despite you being in the vehicle.
I wonder why you didn't get out of the car for a belly shot near the river bank??! Haha!:w3
Excellent IQ and I like the comp you chose.
Good head angle.
I would clone out the specular highlight in the water to the left of the bird.
Nice image,
Gail

[William Dickson]

Couldn't be better. The detail on the bird stand out perfectly without being too over powering, great DOF. Nice one.

Will

[keith mitchell]

Ian this cracking little Wader really stands out so well against the bg,excellent feather detail.

Keith.

[Ian Wilson]

Thanks everyone, I value your critical appraisal and encouraging comments. Kind regards, Ian.