American Oystercatcher

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Sony A900~Sony 500 F4 G~Sony 1.4x~ISO 400~F6.3~1/1250~manual exposure~bean bag, vehicle window~Texas City Dike~12-9-2012-CS6
Simple portrait. Comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

[John Cooper]

Thats a great pose of this handsome oystercatcher William - love the raised leg and good head turn.
Just a tad more canvas at top and right would improve the composition for me, but a fine portrait of this shore-bird.

[PhilCook]

I agree with John's assessment, lovely shot overall and liking the raised foot to, well done

[Shawn Zierman]

Brilliant.
Nice exposure work. Love the low angle, especially considering you achieved the angle from inside
a car (!) +1 for the raised leg and slightly windblown(?) plumage. Composition looks great to me
as is.

[David Salem]

Beautiful capture with nice techs. The raised leg and HA are nice and the detail is great. Well done

[Nick Palmieri]

Love these birds...nice low angle and BG, love the raised foot. Crop works for me as presented.

[Tim King]

Did you shoot this from your lamborghini with suicide doors? That is low. Love the mid-stride pose and comp. Fine job.

[stuart wanuck]

Well done nice exposure

[WIlliam Maroldo]

I appreciate the comments! Pretty funny Tim, how did you guess on what vehicle I drove? Actualy the Texas city dike is basically a 5 mile strip of rocks and concrete slag that juts into Galveston Bay with a road running down it. The edges next to the water have many large boulders, one of which the OC was on. regards~Bill

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.