Get Off My Beach...

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beach chair photography continues... Sanderling captured at Ft. Desoto, Pinellas County, Florida.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 320 AWB, camera on an Oben monopod with tilt head
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[William Dickson]

You seem to be having a great time on the beach Joe Lovely image, again I like the blue tones in the BG. The bird is showing a great pose and a good POV. (can you get that deckchair just a few inches lower) Nice work

Will

[keith mitchell]

Joe I think I might have mentioned before, warm Florida Beaches full of birds and the water filled with fish, paradise ,cracking pose and detailed bird with that beautiful Florida light.

Keith.

[Joseph Przybyla]

You seem to be having a great time on the beach Joe Lovely image, again I like the blue tones in the BG. The bird is showing a great pose and a good POV. (can you get that deckchair just a few inches lower) Nice work

Will

Hey Will, it was a great morning. I'm spoiled, I think I will specialize in beach chair photography. Now here's the technique... you find a beautiful beach looking west to the ocean so the sun rises behind you. Next you set up your beach chair in the shade, all the other beach goers set up in the sun so they chase the birds in front of where you are set up. Now if your camera is supported by a monopod you can rest the monopod on the webbing of the beach chair so you just have to aim, focus and shoot. I shot over a thousand images in about two hours. A very enjoyable way to enjoy the beach and bird photography. A very enjoyable morning. Thanks for viewing and commenting.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Joe I think I might have mentioned before, warm Florida Beaches full of birds and the water filled with fish, paradise ,cracking pose and detailed bird with that beautiful Florida light.

Keith.

Thanks Keith, very much appreciated.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Joe,

I not only enjoyed viewing your image so much, but you really put a smile on my face with your description of "beach photography", LOL! I am jealous. I have to sweat in the car and the African sun is merciless. No air-conditioning because all windows must stay open (you never know where the sighting happens). I would swop a day in my Game Reserve nearby for an hour on that beach chair of yours:)

This is sweet... the little guy is visibly upset by something or someone, and that someone is NOT you:) Well done in capturing this, well composed, well exposed and I like the colours... but most of all, the pose from the subject - just priceless...

Kind regards,

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hello Joe,

I not only enjoyed viewing your image so much, but you really put a smile on my face with your description of "beach photography", LOL! I am jealous. I have to sweat in the car and the African sun is merciless. No air-conditioning because all windows must stay open (you never know where the sighting happens). I would swop a day in my Game Reserve nearby for an hour on that beach chair of yours:)

This is sweet... the little guy is visibly upset by something or someone, and that someone is NOT you:) Well done in capturing this, well composed, well exposed and I like the colours... but most of all, the pose from the subject - just priceless...

Kind regards,

We may have a swop in the making, one never knows what the future holds. Thank you for your kind words. I had much pleasure in viewing your Cheetah earlier today. Best regards...

[John Robinson]

Very unusual Sanderling shot Joe. And a nice one too. I havn't seen a beach for years.!
John

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Beautiful image. THe pose is great!
You should bury the chair deeper into the sand mate! :)

[Ed Kelly]

Joe, Great POV and the colors and light of Florida are great. I was at Ft DeSoto about a month ago. Really enjoyed it.
Photographed a bunch of small warblers near East Beach and some Horned Owls just down the beach from East Beach.
Been enjoying your beach chair photography.

Ed

[arash_hazeghi]

nice capture of this delicate bird with an attractive calling pose in soft light. I also like the ocean and the BG, might clean up the sand in the FG a bit

TFS

[gail bisson]

I think this is a juvie black bellied plover!?
Nice calling pose and I like the leg up!
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joseph, Im fine with this shooting angle, and you have captured a great pose - open beak and raised leg, and angled towards you too. I like the layered BG, and beaches are what they are when it comes to what ever is lying around or living in the sand.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting and offering suggestions, very much appreciated.

Gail, I agree with your identification... Juvenile Black-bellied Plover. Thank you for letting me know.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, raised foot, sharpness, exposure and setting. Nice image Joe.

[Charlene Bacchioni]

Brilliant low angle image,fantastic all round.

[David Salem]

Nice looking calling pose with the raised foot and the nice details. I like the overall scene. Well done.