American Oystercatcher

[Daniel Cadieux]

Taken at Ft. Desoto this past June. Looks like it is taking a sip to wash down its' meal it had just swallowed. A very cooperative individual that was great fun to photograph! Light was getting harsh...but when you have never seen this species before you just snap away!!:)

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exp., eval metering, 1/1250s., f/8, ISO400, no flash, handheld.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_AmericanOystercatcher_2435-01-1.jpg

[Taylor Yeager]

Nice feel to this. I like the angle of the bird and the water drops.

[bill kominsky]

Wonderful job on this bird Daniel and no nit-picking here, thank you for sharing.

Bill

[Doug Brown]

Like the pose, eye contact, and water drops on this one. I also like the diagonal composition.

[Grace Scalzo]

The pose is great and I like the orange beak reflecting in the water. Fun birds!

[James Salywoda]

The water trail coming off the bill is very nice I also like the good eye contact.

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful picture Daniel!!
Can see the whole bird and none of the parts are over/under exposed.

[Melvin Grey]

Excellent image with great detail on the predominently B&W plumage. The diagonal angle of the bird and the water droplets all add to the interest.
Melvin

[Stephen Stephen]

Lovely image Dan! Great exposure.