Stretching

[Nicolas Frève]

Baird's Sandpiper

Date/Time	02-Sep-2009 18:19:24
Model	NIKON D3
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	850 mm (500mm VR & TC-17E II)
Exposure Time	1/640 sec
Aperture	f/9
ISO Equivalent	800
White Balance	manual
Metering Mode	matrix
Exposure Program	aperture priority

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely delicate pose with great sharpness. The shadow seems to balance the image nicely. May be an option to crop from below to reduce the OOF FG area and lower the bird in the image.

[Matthew Studebaker]

I don't believe I have ever seen a shot of this species doing a wing stretch. Great species and wonderful pose and light.

[Connie Mier]

Classic, I love this. Excellent sharpness and detail. The foot next to the wing takes it over the top for me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I would crop away most of the OOF FG, but otherwise quite a cool picture of this guy! I normally prefer the near wing being stretched but this one works very well with a good view of the raised leg.

[Aidan Briggs]

Good cropping advice from above. I would have moved to my right to get a slightly better HA.

[Don Anderson]

NIce shot, a little off the bottom. Wonderful light, good sharp, well exposed, image.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the details, very good pose, great angle and light.. congrats..

[Danny Laredo]

This is just stunning Nicolas. Light and pose...top notch.

[Matt Vosniak]

What an amazing pose you got here. I agree with getting rid of some of the foreground otherwise this rocks.

[carole wiley]

Very nice, love the foot. Another vote for the crop from the bottom.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Gorgeous wingstretch Nicolas! Love the detail, colours and eye contact. With a body angle slightly more towards you this would have been perfect. I would suggest to crop a bit more from the bottom as to minimize the OOF band in the FG. Excellent shot

[Peter Wallack]

Great Bird!!! And, he know Yoga to boot!!!!

[Nicolas Frève]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.:)

[Simon Bennett]

Wonderul image.

[Dave Barnes]

Just love the image. Moment very well captured, super light. It does look better with the FG gone.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

The pose and the FG and BG blur is amazing. The details and the light are great too. I like the OP.

[Melvin Grey]

A beautiful pose in great light. The fleeting situation well captured - I'm sure if you had thought about head angle and taken a step to the right you would have missed the shot!