Oystercatcher

[Simon Wantling]

Not been out for a while so was nice to finally get out over the weekend for some bird photography.

7D, 500mm + 1.4X, f7.1, 1/1250ss, ISO400. Processed in LR4 and PS CC. Cloned a distracting white rock and cropped for composition.

[gail bisson]

Bird looks good.
Nice low POV as well.
The light is a bit harsh but still OK.
I would crop up to just above your signature to get rid of some of the OOF foreground.
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Simon:

The bird pops very well from the background, sharp, excellent eye.

I am OK with the amount of foreground (for comp reasons), but appreciate Gail's point about the OOF nature of it, and I might try a very subtle lowering of the luminosity so it is less noticeable.

Glad you were able to get out a find some suitable subjects~

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent of of beautiful bird in very nice environment. Love the colors,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.

[Simon Wantling]

Thanks everyone for all the comments. I'll take onboard the advice and hopefully apply it next time. Thanks again.