Sanderling Feeding in Foam

[Ryan Schain]

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While lying on my stomach, I photographed this sanderling feeding in some sea foam in the surf.

Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 L IS

1/3200
F/6.3
400 ISO
0 EV

[Paul Randall]

Beautiful Ryan. Those little high lights are great and everything looks spot on in the exposure department.
Nice work getting down low too. Definitely does'nt need a rotation if anyone mentions that.:cool:

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, eye contact, BG and foam. I might sharpen the bird a tad more, remove the large specular highlights and find the little light OOF foam area underneath the feet a bit distracting.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I had a chance to shoot sanderlings in very similar conditions recently. Loved the low angle and DOF. The low angle, foam and the bird's pose create a feeling that the bird is not aware of you. loved that.

I think you can crop some off the bottom( since you have enough room for virtual feet) and right to make it even better. Beautiful BG. A little NR will improve it further IMO.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree there is maybe a bit too much FG here, and a crop from below would enhance the comp IMO. Nice pose, and I love the foaming action!

[Ryan Schain]

Beautiful Ryan. Those little high lights are great and everything looks spot on in the exposure department.
Nice work getting down low too. Definitely does'nt need a rotation if anyone mentions that.:cool:

Thanks Paul!

[Ryan Schain]

I like the angle, eye contact, BG and foam. I might sharpen the bird a tad more, remove the large specular highlights and find the little light OOF foam area underneath the feet a bit distracting.

Thanks for your feedback Axel!

I'm going to resharpen and work with a different crop now :). Thanks again.