Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

I captured this image of a Willet recently at Ft. De Soto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. I am not sure if I want to clean up the beach more, I removed a few larger pieces of shell and rock. What do you think? Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 340mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1000, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

Hi Joe,

This is a great capture with beautiful soft light creating a pastel quality. I'll take a guess that this was early morning and as I recall the sand has this smooth warm grey tone. Love the mid stride and raised foot.
I would leave the beach as it is.

Geoffrey




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Hey Joe, I really dig the walking stride. I also like the muted colours throughout. I would not clean up the beach more than you have, except to keep the repeating patterns in check (which I would have overlooked had you not mentioned the cleaning you did).