Eurasian Oystercatcher

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4L, 1/400, f/9, ISO 800
Manual fill flash at -2
About 95% of Full Frame

Photographed in Höfn, Iceland last week during Chas' Iceland workshop.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet. Love the comp, the flowers, pose. Exposure/fill flash looks great. No nits from me.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yeah now that's a proper oyster catcher just like the ones we have great shot, composition colours detail all excellent.

[Marina Scarr]

Interesting looking oystercatcher. It looks a lot like ours except for the color of the eye. Great use of flash and flowers for your comp.

[Melissa Groo]

Nice portrait of this oystercatcher, Mike. I really like the flowers and the comp. Looking forward to seeing more from your trip!

[PhilCook]

Like the natural habitat composition and the flowers make fo0r a eye pleasing extra

[Alan Murphy]

Love the setting. Reminds me of you youth in Ireland.

[Maya Raut]

Lovely capture... This is first time I am seeing Oystercatcher in such habitat. TFS

[John Ippolito]

Superb image in pose, composition, and habitat, Mike.

[Rachel Hollander]

Mike - Very nice. The comp and inclusion of the flowers really make the image. Colors are nice too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Daniel Cadieux]

Pretty neat to see one in such habitat! Techs and processing look excellent, I only wish the yellow had not been so close to the edge. All-in-all a pretty appealing OC image :-)

[gail bisson]

Hi Mike!
Welcome back and I hope you had a great trip.
Exposure on blacks and whites and use of fill flash are excellent. You should teach classes on these subjects. I bet you would be good!!
I really like the environment this guy is shown in. There is a bit of a diagonal line in the picture starting with the beak through to the grasses and back up again to the rhs of frame which I like. I find the bright vertical stalk on RHS a bit distracting. I like the pop of yellow from the dandelion,
Gail