American Oystercatcher

[John Mack]

This image was created at Nickerson Beach Park on 6/29/19 at 6:35PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 1600
f6.3
1/1250sec

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot John, I would suggest curves withe luminosity and bring down the highlights just a fraction, it makes quite a big difference in my opinion.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice low angle here, and good details. I'd be OK with darkening the blacks a wee bit more, and I would give the image some CCW rotation. I like that the bill is slightly open and that it is not too saturated (which is easy with to do with these guys!).

[gail bisson]

Nice low POV. I would add a point of blacks to the blacks in selective coloring because I find the image needs a "boost".
I would clone out the dark circles in the water by the legs because they pull my eye away from the OC.
Gail

[annmpacheco]

Hey John, glad to see so many shorebirds for you. I need to catch up! I'd darken the blacks and counter clockwise a tad. Very nice, love the open beak

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Details Look really nice. Agree with Image rotation.

Open bill is really nice.

TFS