Ruddy Turnstone

[Bill Dix]

This is from Barnegat Lighthouse last February. The Harlequins and other usual suspects have begun to return to the jetty for the winter, so I'm eager to get back there. C&C appreciated.

D90, 500f4, ISO 500, 1/800s @ f/6.3, 0EV

[dankearl]

Great FG, Bill, posed on the edge of the world, it appears!
Very attractive BG also and nice details and light.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely light, shooting angle and IQ...There seems to be a hot spot just under the where the dark chest feathers and wing meet that lacks detail. I would also like to see the back foot sharp...Do you have any standing still?

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light, shooting angle and IQ...There seems to be a hot spot just under the where the dark chest feathers and wing meet that lacks detail. I would also like to see the back foot sharp...Do you have any standing still?

Thanks Dumay. The spot you noticed is not technically blown (~high 230s), but I probably could have coaxed just a little more detail there. I have another shot with the bird standing still, but not completely silhouetted against the water as this one is, so I didn't like it as much. I posted another frame in this series last February (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/80565-Ruddy-Turnstone?highlight=), with a raised foot, but that, too, had some blur. Personally, I rather liked the walking pose of this one and wasn't too bothered by the "dynamic" blur :w3, although I agree it would have been better if completely sharp.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Prefer the leg position in the other one but prefer the eye on this one, looks like you left this one natural! I do like this image!

[Bill Dix]

Prefer the leg position in the other one but prefer the eye on this one, looks like you left this one natural! I do like this image!

Thanks. I hadn't noticed the difference in the eyes. I did lighten the iris it the new one just a tad, but maybe not as much as the February post.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Bill, very nice. Lots of details, nice clean BG, bird parallel, walking pose....liked it a lot. Very well composed as well.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot!! Love the walking pose, great background, and detail is superb.
Well done.

[Wynand van Wyk]

A superb image captured here. I really like the lighting in the image and the colours.

Great detail too and very well exposed. Well done!:S3:

[Mital Patel]

hey bill, this is excellent image. walking post is good .. wish to make a trip to nearby shoreline soon in week or two for them for new season .. just 400km drive :5

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all for your comments.