Short-billed Dowitcher

[Daniel Cadieux]

Photographed last week at Ft. Desoto's North Beach. It was still quite early in the morning and I was already wet, dirty, and sandy from neck to toe...but it felt great!! First time I had ever seen a Dowitcher from close range.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @360mm, 1/1000s., f/7.1, ISO 400, -0.7 EC, fill @ 0.7 FEC, handheld lying flat on damp beach.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Short-billedDowitcher_2712-01.jpg

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the lighting in this image Daniel and the perfect low angle and composition.. Sharp and excellent detail. Beautiful capture !!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, light, details and pose. I would only remove the sheen on the bill and the biggest specular highlights in the wavelet.

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful photo Daniel! I don't mind the specular highlights in this image save for the one at the far left. Terrific light you had there. Sharpness is excellent. Makes me want to get on a plane and fly to Florida this weekend.

[Stephen Stephen]

Dan great image here. Did you did a hole for yourself to get this nice low angle? ;)

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent Daniel,
I like this alot. The colors are rich, vibrant and the details on the bird are razor sharp. The background wraps it up very nicely...:cool:

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Lovely warm light. Excellent details. Liked the low level perspective.

[Wayne Wood]

nits mentioned, awesome image