Incoming!

[Petros Petrou]

During my last visit to Gallikos River estuaries last month I had some fun with two Eurasian Oystercatchers.
This one came unexpected and I didn't have time to set the exposure properly.
Image created using a handheld 7D with a 500 f/4L and an 1.4x extender.
1/4000sec, f/5.6 ISO 640, EV +0.67 (another 0.67 was added during PP).
Slight crop for composition, some noise reduction, levels, curves and a little boost in contrast.

Petros

[Glenn Conlan]

Great job, have not seen any flight shots of this bird


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[arash_hazeghi]

nice incoming pose and good exposure and a good eye contact, I especially like the fanned tail. I might sharpen him a bit more but noise is already showing in dark feathers....

TFS

[Marina Scarr]

This is quite the special flight image. Love that flight pose with the fanned tail feathers and curled wing feathers.

[Ian Cassell]

I love these guys and an in-flight is a special treat. This was well-handled with the fanned feathers.

[Troy Lim]

Stunning flight shot.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

A wonderful flight shot! As mentioned above, the fanned tail feathers make it. If only that near wing was a bit more fanned out! Stunning!

[Arthur Morris]

Love everything about this but it lacks pop. I had lots of plans for this image but it turned out to be pretty simply. I ran an 80% layer of Auto Contrast (gasp!) on the whole thing then added a Regular Layer mask and toned down the brightest WHITEs with a 50% brush.... I usually don't go higher then 25% at most with Auto Contrast but this one was really flat.... Killer pose but I do agree with Miguel.

ps: you can post your images to less than 400kb. Yours was less than half that.
pps: Denise Ippolito taught me that the judicious use of Auto Contrast can do wonders while saving time.

[Petros Petrou]

Thank you all for your comments. I have never used Auto Contrast! It seems that I will be using it in the future. Thanks for the tip Artie :)

[Arthur Morris]

You are most welcome. Sometimes breaking the rules: "Never use Auto anything!--is the way to go. That plus Denise is a genius.