Buff-breasted Sandpiper

[Mike Veltri]

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Canon 1Dx - 600 II - 1200mm
1/320s @ F/8 - ISO 800

Thanks for looking,
Mike Veltri

[Grace Scalzo]

Mike, a super species. I like the steely gray background as well. The large amount of oof foreground is a distraction to me...I'd trim from there and add to the top. Sure would love to have this in my files.

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

sharp with excellent details, perfect exposure. Fine POV.

Well done.

Randy

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely details & POV. agree on Grace's suggestion regarding the comp.

[Bill Dix]

Great look at this species; sharp, well exposed, nice head turn. I like the way you left room for the underwater virtual legs, but I'd still trim some off the bottom and add to the top per Grace's suggestion.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the details, sharpness, BG and exposure. Another vote for some off the bottom. Well done Mike.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Mike,
Great exposure but for me....the POV is too low as the OOF FG is distracting to me. Everything else is spot on!

[Corey Hayes]

Nice one Mike, I would add a little more space in front of the bird.

[Don Lacy]

Lovely color and detail mike and while I like to low perspective I have to agree with the others on losing just a tad off the bottom, still a strong image.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mike, great low perspective, tack sharp, and you have brought out the feather detail nicely. The focus on the water gives the impression that the water is boiling/bubbling, and I agree to take a bit off the bottom.

[Melissa Groo]

This is the shorebird I most want to see someday. What a gorgeous bird you have portrayed so well, the detail and IQ are wonderful. I like Grace's comp suggestion.

[Matthew Studebaker]

beautiful clean shot of a great shorebird species.

[Markus Jais]

Wonderful shot. Fantastic image quality and great soft light and colors.
For me the foreground works great and I wouldn't change anything.

Markus

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent details, shooting angle with lovely BG. Very well exposed. TFS