Red Knot

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image last Saturday at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 640 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp and perfectly framed. Love the wave breaking behind the bird but not a fan of the shells.
with love, artie

ps: on a different tidal stage you can get them set against clean sand ...

[Dorian Anderson]

This looks really nice, Joe. Great color, perfect eye contact, super details, even on the legs. Shells aren't ideal, but they're part of the habitat, right? I'd like a bit more room
all around the bird, but that's minor and personal preference.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Artie and Dorian, thank you for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.

Artie, I will have to try to get to Ft. DeSoto when it is not low tide, thanks for the tip.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe , nice one and I can greatly live with the shells . Cool subject and the framing works well .
Looks good overall .

TFS Andreas