Black Turnstone

[Fabs Forns]

From the San Diego trip, one free day from the IPT, at the La Jolla beach taken over by the Seals. Never seen one before either. Cool looking bird.

Model: NIKON D3
Lens (mm): 650 (200-400/4 VR plus 1.7X, tripod, not extended)
ISO: 800
Aperture: 6.7
Shutter: 1/500
Exp. Comp.: +0.3
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority

[Brian Barcelos]

I've never seen one either. Glad you posted it. Perfect head angle and lovely BG. Sharpness is great and I love the "flow" of the wing feathers. Foreground is a little distracting but shows of environment well. Congrats

Brian

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I've never seen these even in an image. Thanks for sharing. :) Agreed on FG, but I would be still chuffed to have one this good in my set of images. I like the eye contact and the BG is gorgeous.

[Ted Scalzo]

Lovely bird and a lovely image. The color is like rich chocolate.
really enjoy the detail in the feathers.
Environment keeps it real.

[Joe Senzatimore]

What a great looking subject. This could have been an exposure nightmare , but you made it look easy.

[Raymond Barlow]

I agree with Ted.. wonderful colours and processing, nice moody image Fabs.

[Art Peslak]

Lovely details and colors in a bird I have never seen either.

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

This is a pretty bird, love the feathers they look really fancy. You did and awesome job.

[Mike Lentz]

Very nice exposure/processing. The low level and eye contact is nice. I might consider cloning out the two bubbly looking things right above the tail.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful Fabs, the expose looks great.. loved the setting and feel, Congrats...

[Stu Bowie]

Another new species for me too Fabs. Excellent exposure on the dark plumage, sharp, and you captured a great HA. Well done.

[Harshad Barve]

New species for me
lovely exposure , nice expressive looks
TFS