Sanderling

[Alexander Koenders]

Laying on a sandy wet beach waiting at the moment that this bird will pass by. Beautifull moment.

Olympus E3, Zuiko ED300 f2.8, Zuiko 2.0 converter

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose, details and use of DOF. The image looks very dark on my monitor. I would crop a bit off the top and do some CCW rotation.

[Stephen Stephen]

Alexander nice image here and I'll agree with all of Axel comments with one exception. It looks as if the bird was standing on a sloping beach. I would not personally rotate the image if that was the case.

[Alexander Koenders]

Stephen, the bird does indead stands on a sloping beach and ther fore i won't rotate the image:)

[David Roach]

The exposure... the head turn... the clean beach BG.... the catch light... This is the type of image makes laying on our bellies worth it!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!! I would lighten the entire image just a bit.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely image Alexander - I agree regarding lightening a bit but great pose and I really like that feather texture and detail

[Jim Poor]

I like it just as it is. I tend to like things a bit darker than most, and in this case the darker treatment adds to the mood for me.

[Marko Matesic]

Fantastic DOF and catch light and everything :).....great one!

[Linda Robbins]

Lovely pose and razor-sharp detail. The low perspective really gives an intimate feel to the image. I do agree that the image should be lightened overall.
Well captured!

[Bonnie Block]

Alexander, It is a beautiful pose has great detail--just brighter as already mentioned.