Oystercatcher

[Alex Becker]

Hi all,

An oystercatcher taken around sunset at the jersey shore. In post, NR, cloned out some BG blogs, cropped about 40-50%.

Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: 300 f/4 PF + 1.4 TC
Specs: 1/4000 ISO 1600 f/5.6

Thanks for looking and commenting on prior posts!
Alex

[John Mack]

Nice one. The flight pose is very nice. The prey is a plus. Good background as well.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Alex, a lovely image with good light, clean BG and prey item. The wing position is excellent.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good job panning this little speedy fella. I like the bit of food in the mouth. Having its flight path parallel is pretty cool, but unfortunate that it was skimming the horizon line.

[gail bisson]

Great image. Love the wing position, the sharpness and the prey in the mouth.
Agree with Daniel about the horizon line but still a very nice image!
Well done,
gail

[David Salem]

Very Nice!! Light angel and details look great and the sand crab in the beak make this a step above, and he's looking right at us. Well done