Purple Sandpiper

[Ilija Dukovski]

This one is from Atlantic Ave. in Gloucester today. There was a group of this guys, quite cooperative.
The light was strong and mostly from the side, not best conditions.
Here I added canvas on top from another image and QM patches on the bottom.
CC appreciated.

Nikon D80 300mm+TC1.4 f/8 1/1000 Matrix AP-1 ISO400

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the head angle and it is a good-looking specimen. I wish the feet were in focus, too, and would lighten the part of the chest that is not sunlit.

[denise ippolito]

Ilija, I think you did a great job adding the canvas. Nice pose and details. The side light is not my favorite but you did well keeping it mostly even. I have to start doing some vertical comps.