Juvenile Oystercatcher

[Herb Houghton]

This is one of three immature oystercatchers from a pair at Sandy Hook, N.J. 1D mark III, 500 f4, 1.4x, iso 400, f8, 1/640, +1.7 e.c.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Nice walking pose and detail, light was harsh and ther are some hot whites in the shoulder, a lower angle would've improved BG IMO and in this case I would suggest to crop from thre bottom a little more.
Congratulations.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the walking pose and sharpness. I agree regarding a lower angle and the color temperature looks too warm on my monitor. Considering the EC, the original must have been quite overexposed. Was this an accident? The toned down shoulder looks too gray for my taste.

[Joe Senzatimore]

I agree with above comments. Especially the high angle and the toned down shoulder. A low angle is really needed here.

[Amy Marques]

I like the bird in mid-step. IMO, there appears to be an editing halo along the top of the bird and some loss of detail. Was this a drastic crop?

[Herb Houghton]

Thanks for the comments. The original was abit overexposed and there was a significant crop. As far as the angle, I was holding the lens a foot above the sandbar I was on, and the OC was on another one on the near side. The BG would have still been sand on a lower angle.

[Stu Bowie]

Super walking pose with the raised foot, and agree you may have recovered this in ACR to have saved more of the whites. The plus EC didnt helped.