Willet

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4L + 1.4xII, 1/1600, f/8, ISO 400
Manual exposure mode at Sunny f/16 (about 2 3/4 hours after sunrise)
Slight crop for composition (about 98% of Full Frame)

This was one of the "bonus birds" that we had the opportunity to photograph during my "Plovers & Terns" workshop last month on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

Beautiful stark image. Excellent IQ and the bluish band at the top is a nice touch for me.

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

very nice,nice pose,sharp with plenty of detail,great light,nice low angle.thanks.

What a wonderful moment we had with this willet.
I love the pose and the clean sand and BG. tack sharp and perfect exposure,
Gail

Hey Mike, Sure this was a bonus... I like your presentation here. Well done.

Stunning background and detail on this image! Love the pose and background.

Superbly done!

Truly excellent, such magic with the light in this image and a posture that adds life to the image, hard to beat

Mike, looks like you and all the workshop participants made best out of this opportunity...Great work.

I love how the bird is tip-toeing with stretched wings and an open beak.
Super low angle and a clean beach add a whole lot to this image.

I love it as is, but if anything, I'd remove the one oof shell right above your signature and apply a slight warming filter to the image.

Spot on exposure and a lovely pose. Would have liked it even more from a lower perspective with a blue BG.

Great pose, exp and sharpness. Like the comp too.

TFS,
Rachel

nice image,nice pose,sharp with soft background.

Great image Mike! I like the wing position, open beak, exposure, sharpness and BG.

Excellent wings up pose captured, Mike.

Very, very nice shot. I love the pose, excellent shooting angle, great background, and excellent details.
Very well done.