Sanderling Head On

[Aidan Briggs]

From this last winter at Morro Bay. Not nearly as many birds there now with hundreds of tourists on the beach.

The prey item is a Sand Crab.

50D, 100-400 at 400
1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 250
Handheld, Large crop

[Doug Brown]

Tough capture Aidan. Exposure and sharpness look good. I'd probably add a bit of canvas on the left. I'd like this photo even more with a tad more eye contact. :)

[carole wiley]

This is lovely. I feel like it needs just a bit of CCW rotation but otherwise, very nice indeed.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks for the comments Doug, and Carole.

Carole, I'm pretty sure it does not need rotation, that is just the angle at which the bird was flying.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very tough capture which is done well. I love the feeling of motion created by the wing blur.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The head itself is level, no rotation needed. I actually like the angled body behind the head. I kinda figured this was a large crop, but the detail held up well.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Congrats on a fine catch Aidan. Held up really well for a large crop. Cool! Not often I get the pleasure of seeing this type of image. Thanks for sharing.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pretty neat. I like the incoming pose, wing blur, BG and the food item adds to it. I don't mind the lacking eye contact in this one.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great timing and nice pose for a frontal flight shot. Nice exposure too. I would've gone with higher ISO to get sharper wings but it is just a matter of taste.
Congratulations!

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

One challenging image to make, I think anything that comes directly at you is hard to get a sharp image.

[Ryan Lambert]

Not an easy shot to produce, with a good angle of flight. Well exposed and the fish (catch) completes the image. You maybe could have left a bit more space with the crop to get the head a bit sharper.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely moment frozen, like the head on pose and the prey add well to the frame.

[David Fletcher]

Difficult shot to execute done well. Might have increased the ISO as suggested for more ss, but cool head shot and prey adds interest.

[Stu Bowie]

Great headon capture Aidan, and sharp where it counts. His catch a bonus.