Sanderling

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

This little guy was minding his own business feeding, I was taking a few shots and I noticed a dog walker approaching. I managed this shot before it flew away. The dog walker came up to me as the dog chased all the birds off, she said "is that a camera?" I said "Yes", she then said "are we in your way?"
Happy days!
Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1250
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +2/3
ISO Speed 250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length 700.0mm
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Neutral
Color Space sRGB
AF Microadjustment 7

All comments welcome

Jon

[Daniel Cadieux]

Pretyy neat pose! I don't mind the head angle here as the complete "pose" leads us in anticipation of the turn seemingly about to be made. Too bad the focus point looks to be on the grounded foot and wingtips. Perhaps some selective sharpening of the face would help negate this. Composition-wise I would only crop some off the top - the added empty space above does not add anything here.

[Tony Whitehead]

Unconventional but tells the story well. I like the over the shoulder glance and water looping from the wet sand. I agree with Dan re cropping from above.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

I agree entirely, I have just re-cropped and it makes a big difference.

Jon

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nits mentioned. What was your reply to her question? I know what mind would have been , but it's not for publication.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Nits mentioned. What was your reply to her question? I know what mind would have been , but it's not for publication.

I just explained that she nor the dogs were in the way, in fact they had given me a much clearer opportunity to capture the sand and the sea without the birds being in the way.:cool:

Jon