Luis Villablanca
08-15-2011, 06:14 PM
I photographed this sandpiper a couple of days ago. They are
rare in the area but this year there have been several reports of them at different locations.
I went to one of the reported locations, a stinky and muddy place at the SF Bay.
I setup the tripod low but not too low, otherwise I would not be able to see its feet behind the mud.
I am not sure if the mud in the foreground is too much of a distraction. Maybe shooting
from a higher angle would have helped with that problem but then the perspective wouldn't be nice.
What do you think?
I did a 2 degree CW rotation to account for the unleveled tripod and cropped to 60% of the original frame.
The background is the reflection of the hills on the water.
98763
Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
Canon 1D Mark IV, 500/4 + 1.4x TC, 1/2000s, f/8, ISO 800
Thanks for looking,
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Luis
rare in the area but this year there have been several reports of them at different locations.
I went to one of the reported locations, a stinky and muddy place at the SF Bay.
I setup the tripod low but not too low, otherwise I would not be able to see its feet behind the mud.
I am not sure if the mud in the foreground is too much of a distraction. Maybe shooting
from a higher angle would have helped with that problem but then the perspective wouldn't be nice.
What do you think?
I did a 2 degree CW rotation to account for the unleveled tripod and cropped to 60% of the original frame.
The background is the reflection of the hills on the water.
98763
Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
Canon 1D Mark IV, 500/4 + 1.4x TC, 1/2000s, f/8, ISO 800
Thanks for looking,
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Luis