Muddy Feet

[Richard Stern]

Another Greater Yellowlegs in Wolfville Harbor, Nova Scotia. The tides here and in the adjacent Minas Basin are the highest in the world, and at full moon it's not unusual to have a 45 or 50 ft. difference between low and high tides, twice a day. The village used to be called Mud Creek before it was re-named for the the postmaster, Elisha DeWolf, in 1830. I think Mud Creek is still an appropriate name at low tide. At low and mid tide the mud provides plenty of nutrients for migrating shorebirds.

D7000, 300 f4-AFS, TCE-14ll, hand-held, manual, 1/1000, f8, -2/3EV, ISO500. Slight crop, curves, nr, selective sharpening in LR4 and PSE9.

Thanks for looking,

Richard

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, interesting story, and the image shows off the mud very well. Well exposed on the yellowlegs, good feather detail, and I do like the colour of the BG.

[Diane Miller]

Beautiful sharpness and detail on the bird, and very pleasant color contrast with the muddy BG. The rock makes an interesting perch.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose and details. Great comp and exposure.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice details , great looking bird, wonderful exposure

[Joe Senzatimore]

BG is fantastic. Sets of the beautiful job you did photographing the subject. Wonderful , all around.

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose, perch and background. The details are very nice and so is the sharpness. I miss the color in the bird's feathers but this might be to color of the bird this time of the year.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Killer bird! love the pose, patterns on back and wet rock, did I mention that this image rocks!?

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely pose - very elegant, I like the complimentary colours and composition.