A Stroll Along the Beach

[Bill Dix]

Gotta love these guys. As I hunkered down on the sand last week, this Oystercatcher walked right past me, almost filling the frame. I had to add canvas left and top (very slight crop on right and bottom). Light was low, before the sun burned off the early morning haze.

D7000, 700mm, ISO 2000, 1/500s @ f/7.1 manual.

[David Kenny]

Great shot Bill. Excellent detail. I really like the wave breaking on its foot. Its amazing how some oystercatchers will walk within 6 or 7 feet of you and others wont let you get within 100 yards.

-Dave

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice, I like the low angle. good exp and details. wish we could see the feet better

TFS

[David Salem]

Nice looking frame Bill. I love these guys and the first time I was able to see and shot them was at Fort Desoto this spring. They were very cooperative there letting us get within a few feet of them. I like the exposure and detail in this and the foot going thru the water adds to the frame. Well done

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bill, great low eye level perspective, and overall well exposed. Just enough space in the FG, and I do like the 'bubbling' effect of the water.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image of beautiful Oystercatcher showing his beautiful colors and eye. Love the low shooting angle, nice BG and FG.

Regards,
Satish.

[stuart wanuck]

We'll done nice image

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Bill - nice and sharp with good detail in the blacks. Great low pov and pleasing colors. Nice job on adding the canvas.

TFS,
Rachel

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Bill , very nice overall image with good tone/colors , pleasing BKG and i really like the mushy FG , no big deal for the ´missing ´feet .

TFS Andreas

[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Bill. Great low angle shot, even too much. Like the natural light and color of the bird. It's sharp. Like the eye contact too. Thanks for sharing! Cheers! Miro

[Diane Miller]

Very nice, and a wonderful angle! I wonder if a bit more contrast or detail could be found in the very plain area at the bottom? Or just darken it a little.

[gail bisson]

I like the walking pose. I find the image a bit flat and wonder if adding a bit of black or increasing the contrast would help.
The water splash behind the leg is a nice touch,
Gail

[adrian dancy]

Some good points above. I'm not a fan of sand becoming blockblurred in sharp relief to the focal plane. A slightly higher shooting angle may have been better but looking through the view finder this may have been difficult to determine. A nice image all the same.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all. Yes, a slightly higher POV and/or a little texture to the sand might have helped.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Very nice, Bill. They were very relaxed around us allowing for some good close images. I like the wave splashing against the back leg too.





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