Least Sandpiper

[Richard Stern]

Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.

D300, 300 F/4 ED-IF + 1.7TC, taken hand-held kneeling down on the beach.

ISO 450, 1/800, F/7.1

Richard

[Fabs Forns]

Judging by the shadow, the sun was pretty high in the horizon, but you handled the contrast pretty well. There is an orange cast in the image, easy to correct by lowering the temperature. Nice head angle and feather detail. I miss a catch light.

[Aidan Briggs]

Fabs nailed it. I wish for a more distant BG, as well, but it looks the the bird was on an uphill slope, so that might not have been possible.

[Steve Canuel]

I like the head angle and the detail in the feathers. Agree on the color cast and catchlight.

[Lance Peters]

Hi - Agree with the above comments - there is a thread here on adding a catchlight.
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=39426

[Chris van Rooyen]

I think Fabs summed it up pretty well:-)