Sandpiper on Lotus

[john crookes]

Photographed at Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Concord MA

Nikon D3
600mm with 1.7 EXT
ISO 400
F 8
1/2000th

Gitzo Tripod

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

What a lovely capture and superb timing John. He is so small in this image and it certainly gives us the idea of the size of the sandpiper. I was thinking of a bit more of a crop but you would lose the lotus flower and the whole story that this image is conveying. The BG is busy but that is the way it was. I like it.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like it too, excellent habitat depicted here. The Spotted Sandpiper looks right at home. Just some noise that can be easily fixed with your favorite noise reduction software.