Little ringed plover looking for morning snack

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

07:09 AM
Mark II N, Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 at 800mm
f8 @ 1/250 sec, ISO 320, manual mode
tripod, remote switch.

Love the warm and peaceful mood :)

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely low angle, light, pose and BG. Would darken down the pale areas in the otherwise nice and smooth BG and run a little NR on it. Must be a challenge to frame at 800mm with a remote switch or are you actually there looking through the viewfinder at the time and using the remote as a cable release to minimise camera shake?

[Alfred Forns]

Love the low angle and framing !!! Not sure how you got it with a remote? Agree with Tony on his suggestions Can add might take just a little from the top, looks good as presented just a mater of taste !!! Excellent image !!!

[Juan Aragonés]

Sweet light, great low angle and very good BG. I agree about the noise reduction in the BG and please, can you give us more details about the use of a remote trigger with that lens?:)

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

Sorry for the misleading info, I use always Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3 in order to prevent lens shake. 1/250 sec is unusually slow speed for 800mm lens bearing in mind I do not use mirror lock up, but for at least 30-40% of the photos there is no motion blur due to camera shake.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I would like just to explain that lately I started to like images with a vague noise on it, as when completely removed, the image has a plastic look. Maybe it's just me, but I like some noise ;)

Talking about noise I was wery impressed with the veru usable range of 800-1600 ISO of the 1D MkIII. One example from today for 800 ISO and 1600 ISO without NR on it:
http://www.all4mypics.com/albums/use...soika-9769.jpg
http://www.all4mypics.com/albums/use...soika-9786.jpg

It's some 35-40% crop of the full frame.

[Stu Bowie]

Stunning light, and love the low angle in this. I also like the colours too. Well captured Nikolay.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Nice low angle, nice, pose, nice, light and comp, colurs are great as detail is too. Maybe some more noise reduction. Congratulaitons!