Fun in the mud

[Ilija Dukovski]

Mud season, shorebird that is, is here. This Sanderling was shot on Sunday at Point of Pines in Revere MA.
I did bit of cleanup on the mud and toned down the flanks of the bird, added catch-light too.
CC appreciated.

Nikon D80 Nikkor 300mm +TC1.4 f/5.6 1/1600 as metered ISO400

[Alfred Forns]

Good exposure, love the raised foot, sharp and great low angle About all I would do is remove the light stripe up top. Sort of competes with bird and without will have better proportion !! Excellent image !!!

[Harshad Barve]

lovely expo & good raised foot
agreed with Alfred here
TFS

[Tony Whitehead]

Excellent comments from Al. Great pose but the light stripe is competing with the subject. Well done.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Agree with the crop from the top. Whites appear a bit hot. Love the raised right leg. JR

[Stu Bowie]

Super low angle, and love the raised leg. Good detail and colours throughout. Well captured Ilija.

[Kiran Poonacha]

All said above llija.. well done. I like it too, congrats..

[Ilija Dukovski]

Good exposure, love the raised foot, sharp and great low angle About all I would do is remove the light stripe up top. Sort of competes with bird and without will have better proportion !! Excellent image !!!

Thanks Al, as always, great to hear your comments, I can easily QM the top stripe here since it is OOF and have plenty of
darker BG material. Will do. I'm glad you like it.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thanks everyone, I can't wait for all the shorebirds to show up.
Hope to get that Baird's this season:)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I am not sure whether the bright top bothers me as the bird is pretty prominent in the frame and big enough. Maybe tone it down a little. Good work Ilija. Thanks for sharing.