Ruddy Turnstone

[Sidharth Kodikal]

50D, 300 f2.8 + 2x
1/2500, +1/3, f6.3, iso 800
Input much appreciated.

[Waqar Amin]

Very beautifully taken with nice blur blue bokeh.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome Shot! Really beautiful colors captured that make the Turnstone standout nicely Well Done!!!

[Tim Munsey]

Such nice birds and so obliging, sweet shot.

Tim

[Danny Laredo]

Super angle and detail.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Siddharth, loved the low angle. IQ looks terrific for iso800. wishing for a better HA though. If mine, I'd crop a tad from bottom and add a bit at top.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks for all the comments.

Kaustubh, IQ looks ok in this resized version. At 100%, there is a some noise on the bird as well.
I was set up for flight photography and took a couple shots with those settings before changing, but then the bird didn't give me the same looks.
Your NR pointers had me experimenting this weekend. I did end up with a method which I applied on the bg here. Agree about the HA; interestingly, moving the catchlight to the right gave me the perception of a perfect HA. It was just an experiment, I didn't go with that of course.
This is almost FF, but I will try your recommended comp.
Thanks.

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Nice capture Sidharth. I like the HA and BG.