Purple Sandpiper

[Fernando Cerra]

Taken at South Padre Island Tx. Jetty
400mm
1/1250 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: -2/3
ISO: 250
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous
White balance: Auto
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync
Flash exp comp: -1

[Dan Walker]

Cool bird, good exposure and i like the "perch". would like to see a better head angle and might crop some off the bottom to minimize the out of focus area in the forground. Nice image

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, the head angle is the biggest thing going against this image. I also find the image oversaturated. Neat "salad" perch, but I agree with a crop at bottom...about half of the space between feet and bottom edge would be good.

[Lance Peters]

Agree with the above comments - do like the range of colours in this. :)