Whimbrel

[Brian Barcelos]

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Spent about 9+ hours in Wellfleet, Cape Cod yesterday with my newly acquired 50D. I'm already in love with it and is quite an improvement from my old 20D.

One of the ladies at the Audubon Center told me someone "supposedly" spotted a Whimbrel down on the shore mixed in with a bunch of Greater Yellowlegs so I went off to investigate. Sure enough the claim was true and he gave me an opportunity to get pretty close before he started feeling uncomfortable.

I had to get in shin deep water to get the right light angle here and the water really felt nice as it was a warm day. Hope everyone enjoys this one and I have a couple more I'll be posting soon since it is a holiday weekend.;)

All C/C appreciated
Brian

Canon EOS 50D
Manual Exposure
Tv 1/1600
Av 9.0
Evaluative Metering
ISO 400
Tamron 200-500mm@500mm

[Mike Milicia]

Very nice image of a nice bird!
Great pose, head angle, exposure, and detail.

I'm seeing a magenta cast.

[Peter Wallack]

:) :) :) :) :)

Every feather is sculptured and well defined. Stunning work.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations on your new toy! :) As for the color cast, if the latest firmware is not installed it might be worth doing it since it is supposed to remove the magenta cast. I like the light, head angle and setting. I'm glad you found such a cooperative model, the whimbrels that I have seen on the cape were quite skittish.

[Randy Stout]

Brian:

Nice techs as mentioned. I really like the slightly ruffled, fluffed up pose. Great HA, shooting angle good, glad you enjoyed your dip.

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Great capture Brian. I like the pose and the feather detail looks good. Congrats on the new camera. Nicely exposed and a pleasing composition.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Brian, congrats on your new toy. Super angle and pose, and I like the feather detail. Comp looks good too.

[Dave Barnes]

Congrats on the new toy, I trust it will bring you much joy and little frustration. good feather detail and light.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent detail and perfect low angle. Great job

[Harshad Barve]

Fantastic details , HA, BG and sharpness
TFS