Dunlin

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DMk4
f/4 500 with 1.4
f/8
1/3200
ISO 640

This is our last day on Uist, so we decided to visit a small island north called Benery. It was well worth the visit, we managed to get close to some waders on the beautiful deserted beach, and the light was good.

Off to Isle of Mull tomorrow

Thanks for looking, and comments on my Oystercatcher, appreciated

Will

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the walking pose, details, sharpness, HA, complimentary BG and exposure. I would take a little off the bottom if it were mine but its a beauty as presented. Excellent image Will!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Will. Thank you for sharing.

[keith mitchell]

Will I promise myself a trip up to those islands one day before I'm to old, they look magical even with the weather you get

This is a smashing looking little Wader that you have captured very well, colour of the bird looks about perfect to me, sharpness looks right, and a nice walking pose, very nice image Will.

Keith.

[adrian dancy]

Excellent capture William. I generally tend toward a looser crop so as presented I think you did just fine. Good detail and light:)

[Tony Whitehead]

Sweet bird, Will. Love the striding pose. Agree on trying a little crop off the bottom and cloning out some of the dark and light spots in the BG may be an option if you're not averse to it. I find Nik tonal contrast with negative settings very useful for smoothing out backgrounds in a very controllable way and this is the type of image that I would try it on.
http://www.tonywhitehead.com/wildlig...r-bird-images/

[Mervyn Marsh]

beautiful wader in beautiful light, like the nice low angle, looks good.

[John Robinson]

Grand little birds these. Had them infront of the hide but never managed anything as good as this. Lovely browns.
John

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent shot, Will.
I'm not sure about the species.
A typical Dunlin would have longer, more slender and more curvy bill.

[christopher galeski]

Loverly shot Will,like the pose,love the light,nice detail,if mine,would get rid of the white bits in the BG,( in the sea)TFS.