American Oystercatcher

[Bill Dix]

I've noticed this behavior on more than one occasion: The Oystercatcher will prop the clam on edge in order to get better leverage to pry it open. Taken at Nickerson in 2017, in dim light of a partly cloudy sky just before sunset.

D500, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 3200, 1/2000s @ f/8 manual. SB-700 fill at -2.7EV. Exposure per the histogram was just about perfect, but the lighting conditions offered almost no detail in the black head.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Bill, nice view on this Oystercatcher. I appears like a clam it is going after, nice addition. Exposure and colors look good. Nice clean beach and background. On my display the blacks on the head look a bit heavy. Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Good POV....Nice pose. Agree with Joe re the blacks on the head area, but overall I think you got good control over the blacks/whites. The small clam adds interest.

Will

[John Mack]

Neat little bit about the bird behavior. Wish for some more detail in those blacks on the head. But you said the light was getting dim.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I lke the image a pleasing and interesting pose, I suspect if you go back to the TIFF you could get more from the blacks using Luminosity.