Semipalmated Sandpiper

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Lincoln Beach, UT.
Ground was full of junk and I was on the groud holding my Lens with one hand.
I forgot my ground pod so I found two rocks and kept one under the lens hood and one Lens foot.
Tide came in the ground was full of water and this bird came and landed in the water. I took couple of shots before he flew away.

Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 600 f/4 + 1.4 x TCIII
1/3200 sec; f/6.3; ISO 1000
Manual; Matrix metering


Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P 20
No Cropping
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Dodge selectively
Cloning few spots


Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[gail bisson]

Great POV, beautiful light and nice pose and position.
I would be tempted to clone out all or part of the small mountain of mud to the left of the bird,
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Another beauty. Great light and exposure looks spot on. Good pose and POV.

[Brian Sump]

Gorgeous frame Krishna. Sublime light and wonderful gradient transition in the bkg. Sweet pov.

The lump is slightly distracting especially considering the reference to the size of the Sandpiper. But a keeper nonetheless.

Well done!

[Mike Poole]

Great low angle, I'm fine with the lump, sometimes removing everything makes it too sterile, I've done it myself and put them back!

Mike

[John Mack]

Now that is a low angle. A nice shorebird setting as well. Framing is dead on. What's not to like here.

[dankearl]

Very nice, I would not change anything, natural, great angle.