Black Oystercatcher

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk III, 500mm f/4 + 1.4x II, 1/1250, f/8, ISO 400
About 95% of Full Frame

Cleaned up the beach a bit and removed some small OOF blobs from the background.

Photographed last week on Morro Strand State Beach in Morro Bay, CA.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques !

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Great low angle, exposure and sharpness.

I might trim just a fraction off the top, but it is very nice as is.

Thanks for sharing!

Randy

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Awesome details Mike. I really like the perspective and clean sands....

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, light, details and setting. If anything, I would tone down the legs a little bit.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful capture and excellent exposure and detail. Love the low angle and good eye contact. Congratulations on a very lovely image.

[Stu Bowie]

The low angle makes this, and this is really sharp showing lovely feather detail. Congrats on a great image Mike.

[Doug Brown]

Great detail in the blacks and excellent sharpness. Good eye contact too. I agree with Axel about toning down the legs.