Hand held, I tried a bit of intentional motion blur, Redshank landing at high tide
OM-1 OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC
Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 1000.0mm
ISO : 100
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
Exposure compensation : +0.7 EV
Shutter : 1/250 sec
Good work to get the head sharp. I've never tried any thing like this but suspect it's pretty challenging! I think the 3 extra birds divert our attention from the nice effect you achieved on the primary subject.
Hi Jon ... you did well for a grab shot .
The subject looks good with the blur and being sharp in the body .
I might push the subject a bit more to make it stand out even more , the overall tones can be pushed as well ... lots of space on RHS of the histogram