Purple Sand

[Faraaz Abdool]

Hey all,

Purple Sandpiper on the move from the January Barnegat IPT w/ Artie & Denise



7D | 700mm | 1/500s | f/5.6 | ISO 640

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.I like the pose with raised foot,colors,lights,water droplets on the tip of beak and claws and composition.
Little contrast and sharpening will take the image to notch.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent pose, raised foot, perch. Details look great, and I like the displaced feather. I'd eliminate the the two white spots on the rock, and perhaps boost the saturation just a tad...but be careful with that as it is easy to overdo it.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet image of this beauty. An alternative presentation might be to compose a bit looser. (if you have the room and no distracting elements)

[Colin Gilyeat]

Great shot. I really like the raised foot. The eye and beak look just a touch soft, but I like the overall image, although maybe a little more room to the left for the sandpiper to walk into.

Colin

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Faraaz,

Nicely captured. As Satish and Daniel mentioned - a touch of contrast and saturation, with a bit of selective sharpening on the face will make this an even better image!

Miguel

[Marina Scarr]

Nice details and I like the raised foot and angle on this one. My favorite thing about this image is the stray feather.

[Faraaz Abdool]

Thanks very much guys!
Somehow when I posted this image here it seemed less sharp than when I viewed it at 100%. I would try some selective sharpening and see how it plays out. This was essentially FF, I had just cropped a slight bit on the left and bottom for composition.