American Oystercatcher

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Captured the image this past August at Nickerson Beach, NY in the early morning with a slight overcast. C&C welcome.

D500, 500mm f/4G + 1.4 TC, 1/2500s, f 5.6, FF, ISO 2000, Gitzo, Wimberley Gimbal head.

Geoffrey




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[Jonathan Ashton]

I really like the composition and the pose. If the image is cropped I would suggest reducing slightly. Was the bird originally underexposed? I ask because the black plumage appears to be a little noisy.

[John Mack]

I like the beach vegetation, nice pose on the bird.

[Bill Dix]

The miscellaneous seaweed adds to the image. Nice walking pose.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

I really like the composition and the pose. If the image is cropped I would suggest reducing slightly. Was the bird originally underexposed? I ask because the black plumage appears to be a little noisy.

Thanks Jonathan. Forgot to mention this is full frame, and yes the original was a bit under exposed. I'll address the noise.

Geoffrey




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[Glenn Pure]

Geoffrey, you've captured a nice pose with the slight head turn towards you and nice separation of bird from background. I like the seaweed too which adds a bit of interest. The detail looks great and colour fine but the blacks do look a bit thin - maybe that's how your oystercatchers look though as I'm not familiar with them. Nice work and thanks for sharing.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks everyone.

Geoffrey




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