Sooty oystercatcher

[Thonnaksar NOP]

Taken on a rock plateform, at low tide and just befor sunset...
Flat on my bellie and in the seaweeds !:cool:

Nikon D2Hs, AF-S 600mm/4 VR+TC-14EII, 1/400", f/8, @840mm, 200 ISO, Handheld. About 90% of original.

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely colors and pose with a delightful BG, except for the rounded foam to the right, if you could just soften that.
I like the rocks in the foreground a lot, they give a sense of place.

[Kobus Tollig]

Super shot well done. Great angle exposure and detail. I would clone out the "foam" in BG. Man i like this a lot!

[Gerard Satherley]

Wonderful image Sar. Great pose and exposure control. I agree that the foam is a distraction.

[Thonnaksar NOP]

Thanks guys for your comments !
My skill in cloning is quite limited but I gave it a go and here's what it looks like now :

Repost

[Leo Berzins]

Great pose and setting. The repost with the toned down foam is even better.

I am seeing a faint 'echo' of the orange bill and eye slightly above and left and I am intrigued as to how it might have arisen. Is it visible in the raw image?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I see what you mean about the 'echo' Leo.

Nice repost Sar. Well done mate with the cloning. Good position of the bird and the food item is a bonus.

[Thonnaksar NOP]

Great pose and setting. The repost with the toned down foam is even better.

I am seeing a faint 'echo' of the orange bill and eye slightly above and left and I am intrigued as to how it might have arisen. Is it visible in the raw image?

That's right, now I can see it. There is nothing in the RAW file. I think it came from a copie of the settings in another RAW file that I pasted in this one !