Sanderling (I Think)

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1250 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 1250 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI, cleaned up the beach a bit
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Jonathan Ashton]

I really like this, those black legs look gorgeous! Delightful colours and an interesting pose.

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Joe, A perfect adult basic (winter) plumage Sanderling it is. Lovely image. A suggestion: as there is more room above the bird than below, and because the background above the bird is much nicer and softer, move the bird down in the frame. (I.E., there is too much empty space below the subject.) If you do not have more room above it is a snap to add canvas.

with love, artie

[Arthur Morris]

ps: the light is delightful!

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[Bill Dix]

Lovely capture, Joe. Yes it is a Sanderling, in a very nice pose with good detail. A tad more space above and less below wouldn't hurt.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. Your suggestion regarding moving the bird lower are well taken and applied. Here is a edit and repost.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Comp-wise I think somewhere between the two would work best. Otherwise lovely image and feeding pose.

[Andreas Liedmann]

hi Joe a very nice frame , love the feeding action and specially that little sand pile in front of the beak as it is adding a lot of context for me .
processing does look very nice .

love it and tfs Andreas