Sanderling, summer plumage UK

[Melvin Grey]

In the UK we do not often see shorebirds that nest in the Arctic areas in their glorious breeding colours. This bird was one of a group, on passage to the far north, which I found on the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. In this situation I had no trouble with BGs so I could adopt a much lower viewpoint.

Canon 1D Mk11, 500mmf4 IS plus TC2 Exp 1/1250 @ f11 ISO 400

[Maxis Gamez]

HI Melvin,

What a lovely image you have here. The first thing I noticed was the horizon. Besides that, I love the setting and habitat.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very lovely image and I particularly like the low angle and walking pose. Well composed with excellent exposure and detail as well as great eye contact. A slight more of a head turn towards the camera would have been nice. Many thanks for sharing Melvin.

[Simon Bennett]

I like the low perspective, plumage detail and the three little shells.

[Jim Poor]

Very nice. It only needs just the slightest bit of CCW rotation.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Lovely image! The two shells and the stone give the feeling of a Japanese garden - the sanderling and the background look great. A real delight!

Gerald

[SeanKP]

Love it. Great light and detail and the shells add wonderful depth and compositional balance. Agree about a slight ccw rotation.

Cheers.

Sean