Mating Oystercatchers

[Jeroen Stel]

Here's one from last Spring photographed at the Isle of Texel up north of The Netherlands...

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 200
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jeroen, one of my favourite shore birds, and you have exposed them very well. Its always good to capture behaviour, no matter what the subjects are doing:w3, and both nice and sharp. The inclusion of the mud adds interest. If this were mine, I would add a bit more space on the left and top.

[gail bisson]

Good behavior caught here. IQ is good and I like the HA on both birds.Whites exposed well.
Gail

[Mital Patel]

Jeroen superb moment captured here.

Well sharp and exposed. just i feel it little tight.

[Bill Dix]

Great behavior shot. Rich colors. Difficult exposure conditions, handled nicely. Another vote for a little space left and top.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent! lovely pose and light plus great details. great job getting a perfect HA for both.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jeron, what a shot. Excellent at so many levels...exposure, moment, light, angle, HAs, colors...huge WOW factor. A little more room at top would be nice. I think it will make more impact as a vertical.

[EzhilSuresh]

Jeroen, great action shot. Nice quality and details.

[Josh Clark]

Nice image Jereon. Great behavior shot. I agree with Stuarts comment about the added room. Gorgeous light and nice BG. Well done.

[Ishmeet Sahni]

What a moment !! Very well captured, the image is really crisp and the whites are exposed very well.
I have to agree with the rest, would like to see more space on the top.

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic Shot Jeroen !!!! Love the colors and detail.

[Ofer Levy]

Killer behaviour shot!! Perfect exposure! Colours look a bit overssaturated but maybe it was just the light. Agree with the comments regarding the composition being a bit off and would consider a very slight CW rotation.