American Oystercatcher

[John Mack]

This image was created at Nickerson Beach on 6/30/19 at 7:30AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 400
f6.3
1/2500sec

[gail bisson]

This is very good.
I like the low POV (you should enter it in the theme- just ask the mods to change the title).
Whites look great, nice light and the raised foot and crab in the bill make for a very nice image.
I really like the way the water creates an elliptical blue area in front of the bird. It creates some nice lines.
I could see a version with the specular highlight removed (the one by the foot) but not a big issue at all.
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Great pose, POV. Good light and background. Prey is a plus; specular highlight could go.

[David Roach]

Pretty much perfect. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot John love the pose and the surroundings, the beach doesn't have to be completely clear of anything other than sand. i would definitely remove the two specular highlights and also lover luminosity on the legs. Beautiful shot well done.

[Ian McLachlan]

If you took them both out ,I think it would make an excellent image even better.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the low angle, good details and exposure, if mine I'd get tid of the small dark oof path of seaweed and the specular highlight which are a bit distracing

TFS

[William Dickson]

You nailed this one John...Perfect exposure and POV. Great detail. Very well done.

Will