Sanderling Foraging On The Beach.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This was one of a group of five juvenile Sanderlings feeding up before their next leg of migration. This can be a tough spot as the beach slopes down to the water's edge, making of uneven images even if level, but when the subjects get right at the water's edge then things straighten up quite nicely.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/3200s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, a few bright specks in the sand spot-removal tooled away.

[Dorian Anderson]

Nice look at this feeding individual. You got him with the beak just above the ground, so that's great; the shot loses my interest once the beak goes into the mud, but that's totally personal preference. The reddish shoreline is really different.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Like this capture, Daniel. Interesting shade of maroon'ish colored sand he's dining in.


Geoffrey




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[William Dickson]

Looking good Dan....Love the feeding pose and the detail you captured on this beautiful bird. Good POV as usual.

Will

[Jerry Taylor]

I particularly like the almost painterly feel of the water and beach in the scene. Nice shot.

[David Roach]

Fastidiously framed with wonderful details for an intimate view of this diminutive cutie. TFS

[gail bisson]

Nice pose, and I like the low POV,
Gail