Two beautiful individuals of this species stopped by last month for a short tenure along some exposed mudflats, contributing to a fun and successful fall migration shorebird photography season. These guys are always on the move, so I knew that if I was patient enough one of them would venture in front of the more colourful stuff, and with legs showing too rather than swimming!
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, added canvas top and left then cropped to taste, a few minor imperfections removed form the water via cloning and content aware. NR to the BG and FG.
Simply lovely. Gorgeous FG/BG. Great striding pose. As you suggest, they're more often seen swimming (in circles) than walking, which makes this even better. I wonder if just a touch more sharpening on the head and breast would help?
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with love, artie
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This is a killer good location for you.
I love, love the spray of greens behind the phalarope. Comp is perfect. IQ rocks.
Great low POV.
I would sharpen the head/eye area a bit more.
Gail
Red-necked Phalarope.
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