American Oystercatcher

[David Salem]

Took this lifer for me on my great trip last spring to Florida with Doug Brown. Special thanks to Marina Scarr for guiding us in the right direction. This was taken on a nice afternoon at the North marsh of Fort De Soto state park. What a great spot to shoot shorebirds.

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/3200---ISO800---HH@4:25pm---30% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[christopher galeski]

nice one,good IQ,like the two tone BG,and you have handled the light nicely.

[vishaljadhav]

No nits just a amazing strong and beautiful image

[Ian Wilson]

Technically superb, good composition, all looks good to me. Regards, Ian.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments guys.

[Shawn Zierman]

That's some great clear sunny light to capture this handsome shorebird in....excellent exposure and sharp details on the bird....I'm really enjoying the wing detail...Is the bg under the bird pure, or was there cloning done? The reason I ask is due to how patterned the sand bg more on the right hand side of the frame vs the left....regardless, it's a gorgeous frame. You are very talented at capturing BIF.

[John Robinson]

Thats a cracker !
Great backdrop and bird detail too
JohnR

[David Salem]

Thanks again everyone.

Shawn, that's pretty much the way it looked but I did do some minor clean up on the sand.
Thanks for your comment.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, love this flight pose showing the full downstroke of both wings. Not easy birds to expose, but you nailed that department well enough, and I do like the blue of the water in the BG. Well captured.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely light and wing position on this male, David. Great feather details, and the two-tone BG works nicely!

[Sridatta Chegu]

Excellent shot Dave. Love the details especially in blacks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic pose here, and good exposure control considering what looks like strong light on the "contrastily-plumaged" subject (not sure that's a word!). I was wondering the same as Shawn because of the tan sand extending up below the bill and neck. Thanks for the reply to his question. Strong image of a fun species to photograph!

[William Dickson]

All been said. Very lovely image

[gail bisson]

Lovely BIF shot! Great IQ,
Gail

[Doug Brown]

A stunner! Wish I'd gotten a flight frame of an OC this nice!

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

[Loi Nguyen]

David, love it, super sharp, beautiful light and colors. Love the 2-tone BG. Loi

[Bill Dix]

About as technically proficient an Oystercatcher bif shot as I've ever seen, combined with great wing position and nice bg. No nits from me.

[Karl Egressy]

This is a killer flight image, David.

[Diane Miller]

Amazing. Gorgeous. Incredible!

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular flight shot on two tone BG. Beautiful colors, nice details ,great IQ and nice composition.
Love the frame, David.

Regards,
Satish.

[stuart wanuck]

Nice image as above right on!

[Binu John]

Killer flight shot of the Oystercatcher! Love the perfect wings down lose, exposure and dual color background! Well done!

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely pose, wing position and details. These birds are tough to get in flight and you pulled this one off perfectly

[Petros Petrou]

Perfect image. Great light, detail, exposure and wing position. TFS

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone!!