Dunlin

[John Robinson]

Nice to get a typical wader stretch and another wader too. Stuff coming through now.
D200
Sigma 50-300mm
Tripod- ex army theodolyte stand with benbo ball and socket head
640 ISO
125 @ f8
crop from horizontal so quite a biggie,
Neat image
Paint Shop pro levels.
Cheers
JohnR

[Ian Wilson]

Cracker capture John. Good action, nice eye contact, natural setting but what happened to the bird's left leg? Cheers, Ian.

[John Robinson]

Ian
Thanks
The bird is starting to run towards me. Before taking off I think.
Cheers
John

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. All in one, stretching wing fully, walking and staring at you. I like the details, nice colors, habitat and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet shot, John. I love the perfect full wing extension, and great angle toward you.

[John Robinson]

Thanks people. Knowing my attitude towards reflections did you notice the missing wing bit. The pic would have been twice the height had I left it in!!
Thanks again.
John

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose captured, John.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A lovely moment captured, good exposure, a really interesting image, waders so often do very little then we get the wing stretch and it is so easily missed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the wing stretch a lot. Neat bubbling muddy water too. Speaking of the reflection, I'm not really fond of the way it is cut off at the eye...I feel that cropping more down there (to just below your signature) would strengthen the bottom edge. I do realize it is already a large crop though, so you could easily add the equivalent at top to retain the current sizing. Anyhow, great techs and details...these waders (or shorebirds as we call them over here) are lots of fun eh!

[John Robinson]

Thanks all. Heres the original so you can see theres a bit of work done.
Daniels suggestion easily done.
Cheers
John

[Fernando Diez]

Hi John, I really like the pose of the bird, good details. I think Daniel did a very constructive criticism.
Regards, Fernando

[John Robinson]

Hi Fernando
I agree'
Thank you. For taking th time to reply fom so far away.
John R