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
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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
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BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
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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 .