Purple Sandpiper

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Photographed yesterday afternoon, there were thin clouds and the light was great. The bright line on the upper mandible is not a sharpening halo, it looks like that in the original RAW file.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/110691145/original.jpg

1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/200s, f/8, EC +0.33, ISO 400

[Mike Milicia]

Great light, excellent detail, and wonderful setting/background!
Nicely captured!

Would like a bit more room on the right and maybe a tad more on the bottom.
Also wouldn't mind a bit more of a head turn toward the viewer.

[Kirsten Frost]

Great work Axel - colours of the perch and background compliment the bird nicely. Agree with Mike's suggestion on comp.

[Stu Bowie]

Stunning light, very well exposed, and this is pin, pin sharp. Leave the comp as is. Great image Axel.

[Dick Glover]

Very nice, Axel. Looks like enough room to me, and the colors of the bird, BG and rock all go together so well. Super!
Dick

[Trey Barron]

I like the comp as is. The look and the soft light make this one very appealing to me.

[Fabs Forns]

I always thought those birds are magnificent and you captured this one just right :)

[Grace Scalzo]

This is beautiful, Axel. Purples were a target species of mine this winter, now they are a target species of mine for next winter. :) (But I can't complain about this winter.) Barnegat?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This is beautiful, Axel. Purples were a target species of mine this winter, now they are a target species of mine for next winter. :) (But I can't complain about this winter.) Barnegat?

I am glad you liked it. It's not too late, I photographed this bird at Barnegat Light on Friday. There are still lots of harlequins and purple sandpipers around, especially near the end of the jetty.

[Karl Egressy]

Fabulous capture, Axel. Great pose, eye contact and composition.