Pied Oystercatcher in flight

[Glenn Ehmke]

Canon 30D, 400mm DO, 1/800Sec, F5.6, EC -1/3, ISO 200, AI Servo AF.

Caught this shot in the late afternoon sunlight in south-west Victoria Australia. Was quite happy with the lighting, just wish for a darker BG.....

[Arthur Morris]

Very nicely done. Sharp. Pefect EXP. Nice look at the dorsal wing surfaces. A crop from the bottom to just below the bottom of the little wave would strengthen the image quite a bit.

[Grace Scalzo]

What a beautiful bird in beautiful light. My eyes are fried, so forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think I see a sharpening halo over the head and back wing.

[Robert Amoruso]

Glenn,

I like the BG tone in the upper part of the image and agree with Artie's crop suggestion. Nice positioning of the wings in this image.

[Glenn Ehmke]

Thanks Artie and Robert, have cropped as per suggestion.

Thanks also Grace, right you were about the sharpening halo - good pickup. I applied a selective sharpen to the bird only instead, think that's got rid of it. Pays to keep an unsharpened version of all images!

Cheers again everyone.

Glenn