Short-billed Dowitcher in wide view

[Dorian Anderson]

Just back from 5 days at the Rio Grande Birding Festival in Harlingen Texas. Morning guiding kept me pretty busy, but I was able to sneak off
for two afternoons for my own shooting when I wasn't doing photo tutorials. Snagged a couple decent frame on South Padre Island, this being
my first offering.

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 1DX2
1/3200 at f/7.1, ISO 1000, manual mode

This is the full horizontal frame with the top and bottom removed.

I did clone out 3-4 small imperfections on the water and a rather large specular highlight/distraction from garbage where the water meets the dunes to the
right of the bird (in the open space).

[Colin Driscoll]

Great light, nice reflection and of course the lifted foot. A whisker lower and the transition from foreground to background would have been seamless.

[Tim Munsey]

Lovely image, just needs a crab running out the water.....

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Nice image. I like the colors, raised foot and Head Angle.

May be too much space in the front. Everything else look good to me.

TFS

[Ivan Sjogren]

Another stunning frame of a shorebird here Dorian!

You know how to nail the low shooting angle, soft light and a great dynamic pose. This one is not an exception from that. I think the crop works well and the layered background with different colored streaks works well to add interest. I might be wrong but isn't the whites a bit too yellow? Haven't seen this species live so I might be wrong. TFS

[John Mack]

You kill it with these shorebird frame. Nice light and low angle. The framing looks great to me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

My type of shorebird image (except for the sunshine, which we did not get much of this year). Sharp, super good low angle, clean setting. Nothing to add, except a crab (Lol at Tim's comment).