Sanderling

[Rich Steel]

Hi

We have quite a few sanderling on the local beach in the winter and they always provide good fun to photograph. This is a photo taken over the Christmas break, as lying on a cold beach always seems preferable to watching repeat films on the TV!!. I couldn't quite decide whether to crop this shot down on leave it with the reflection and in the end decided on the latter. I am currently working on trying to get some flight shots of these birds but sunshine is in very short supply here in the UK at the moment.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/sa2-1.jpg

Taken with 1Dmk3 and 500mm lens at ISO400 F5 1/2000s

Cheers

Rich

[Stephen Stephen]

Paul I really enjoy this image. The bird has been captured in full stride with water dripping from its rear foot. I would have liked to see a touch more head room but still very nicely captured.

[Marko Matesic]

Great action!...nice gentile light and reflexion .
I like it a lot!
Congrats.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the details and reflexion!!!

[Nicole Brooker]

Nice action you've captured and I like the composition. Nice low angle too.

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for your replies and comments.

Cheers

Rich