Willet With Crab

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -2/3 EV ISO 220 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Robinson]

Lovely wader shot Joe. I love the way long billed birds deal with crabs. Nice blurredy reflection and surface ripples.
John

[Bill Dix]

Love the action with the crab. I can't tell if the willet is in sharp focus or not (crab and ripples look sharp to me); maybe another round of USM, or could be my aging eyes?

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice and simple composition. Seems like the crab is walking into the beak:). I love the water ripples reflecting on the plumage. TFS.

[Steve Kaluski]

A bit more DoF I think Joe as you had the ISO/SS.

Seems like the crab is walking into the beak:)

I second that Lorant, good timing and well seen.

TFS
Steve