Little Stint foraging.

[adrian dancy]

Another blast from my past.

Little Stint image created at a coastal lagoon in Norfolk. The little Stint is our smallest wader and about the same size as a House Sparrow. A rare occasion when I had no complaints about the weather
circa 5% crop to level/straighten image

Canon 20D, Sigma 500f4.5. I made a sequence of images some of which were hand held with the ground supporting my elbow and some using a tripod. I do not know what precise method I used here.

ISO200, f5.6, 1/1600 sec.

Slight levels adjustment, small tweak in saturation and sharpened.

[John Robinson]

Great stuff !! They are delightful little birds- back colours amazing !
I had my first day out yesterday!! on our inland waderscape ,Great delights to come !

Any way I digress ! Nice Stint stuff.
John

[adrian dancy]

I'm glad you are getting out John. I'm getting out about once every six weeks and even then I'm being dragged out. I look forward to your wading bird images.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image, great that you can see the eye, Adrian. Love the ripples encircling the bird.
I miss Shorebirds lately as we are running out of places that we would find them during migration due to habitat loss and
other conditions.

[Karen Pleasant]

Nice exposure control, especially holding some details in the whites. I especially enjoy the fine feather details on the back of the stint. Having that eye and catch light solidify a nice image.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice IQ, great exposure. The visible eye with the nice catch light make this one a keeper. Well done.

[William Dickson]

Well captured Adrian. Perfect timing to make a very nice image.

Will

[Bill Dix]

Handsome capture, with good detail, nice ripples; and of course you caught the perfect moment with the eye showing, without which it wouldn't work. I could imagine a version in pano crop, cutting out about half of the reflection which, IMHO, doesn't contribute much.

[keith mitchell]

Adrian very well done keeping the eye just at water level, the water and just a hint of reflection also looks good, bird is spot on!

Keith.

[christopher galeski]

nice one,love the markings and feather detail,and the eye just above water level magic,nice POV,agree with Bills suggestion about the reflection.TFS.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Beautiful colours, very nice pose with eye just above the water, beautiful water ripples and superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I like it, Adrian... nice image. To me, the eye showing makes the image. Lovely colors and composition. Thank you for sharing.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the exposure, details, water color, visible eye and ripples really add to the image. Very well done Adrian!