Common Sandpiper

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Was created before two days in Moronis sea Crete Greece
Canon eos 1D Mark IV Canon EF 500mm f/4
1/250 f 5.6 iso 800
thanks for looking!

[Katie Rupp]

Hi Manos,
Good catch (you and the sandpiper)! I like the pose with the raised back foot. If it were mine, I would crop some of that oof sand from the bottom and maybe lighten it a little as on my monitor it looks a bit dark.
Regards,
Katie

[Bill Dix]

Nice one. Great low angle, background, and prey. Another vote for taking a bit off the bottom. (And maybe a small catchlight??)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice one Manos! I think I would have set the camera to +1/3 or +2/3 for a shot like this, maybe a quick mask on the eye followed by levels would help lift the image a tiny bit. I would possibly recrop putting the bird a little lower and further over to the right.

[denise ippolito]

Nice soft colors in the BG and the walking pose and meal add to this. Agree w/ a tiny bit off the bottom.