Purple Sandpiper

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Photographed at Barnegat Light a few weeks back.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/160s, f/8, EC +0.67, ISO 400

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderful light, nice pose, great BG, goo comp, sharpness and detail are amazing and colors look very goo. Congratulations!

[Doug Brown]

Perfect pose in nice soft light. Excellent details. Like it a lot Axel!

[David Thomasson]

That's about as good as it gets! Nice work.

[Randy Stout]

Axel:

Agree with the others, very nice. The DOF is very effective. I like the color in the upper mandible.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Aidan Briggs]

Excellent as usual, Axel. Love the light, pose and BG. Pin sharp. Exposure is perfect.

Well done.

[Harold Davis]

love the light and the perch. detail in the bird is awesome.

[Paul Marcellini]

The bird doesn't do much for me but the photo of it is great. Nice and sharp and a very complementary background. It shows your skills.

[Steve Maxson]

As noted repeatedly above - The pose, sharpness, light, comp, and background are all excellent. Very well done.

[Steve Canuel]

Just a real nice image. I like the hint of pupil in the eye and the texture of the bill.

[Stu Bowie]

Good comp, super pose, and you have exposed this perfectly. Sharp, and I like the soft light and colours in this. Great image Axel.

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose,colours and exposure. Great shot and comp

[Marina Scarr]

Axel, You mananged to capture amazing detail on this little guy, and I really like the pose. I wonder if you could share how you determine where your picture is level in a scenario such as this? Your expertise would be greatly appreciated.

[Simon Bennett]

All round fine image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel, You mananged to capture amazing detail on this little guy, and I really like the pose. I wonder if you could share how you determine where your picture is level in a scenario such as this? Your expertise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Marina! In this case I paid attention to the posture of the the bird to prevent the appearance that he might 'tip over'.