Sanderling, Early Morning

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a monopod
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 250 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 280mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Hi Joe,

Beautiful early morning capture of this beauty dining. Great low point of view, and I like the shimmering shallow water reflecting the sky. Very nice detail throughout and I like your choice of crop. I'm seeing a slight halo on either side of the legs and beak.


Geoffrey




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[Bill Dix]

Nice feeding pose in good light and setting. I see the bit of halo Geoffrey mentioned; no big deal. I also wonder of a touch more sharpening would help.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the concept, and feel it would be even stronger with the Sanderling even closer to the right edge. The grey and blue works very, very well. I'm seeing what appears to be cloning remnants above your signature?

[annmpacheco]

Sharp indeed Joe, i like the look you captured and i'm with Dan less canvas on the FHS I like the colors too

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting and suggesting improvements. I went back to the master file and did a do over addressing the suggestions made. I think this is better. Thanks again all...

[Jonathan Ashton]

Geoffrey I like the image and the overall palette, colours look good. Looking critically at the bird however I think there is a problem. There is very little detail around the actual eyeball and in the lores, the bill is almost featureless as are the legs and some highlights are also a little bright.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Joe, nice encounter, perhaps a 16x10 (9) might work too. Just watch for those halos on the legs.

TFS
Steve