American Oystercatcher

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500 +1.4 ex.
1/640 sec. at f/10
ISO 320
Tripod low to ground
Early morning light
Sandy Hook

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Very nice. Low angle, open bill, great use of DOF, nice to see entire bird sharp, well exposed. Legs and bill both look good, easy to overdo them.

Cheers

Randy

[Nathan Beaulne]

Great image, love the comp and low angle and the open beak really adds to the shot

[Rod Wiley]

Love the low angle, nice shot

[James Salywoda]

Sweet shot Denise I love the open bill and nice low angle captured very well done......

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet sweet light Denise, and I like the angle. The exposure looks good, and the early morning light has given you lovely warm colours. Well timed to capture the open beak too.

[kevinmat]

Love this Denise, great low angle, good pose with open beak, nice catch-light. DOF is just about perfect. Maybe you could add a little more saturation to the beak - always personal taste though.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Denise, Very well handled! Agree with all positive points!!

[Brian Barcelos]

Everything that could be said has, only thing I'll add is that I wish these guys would hang out around here.;) Congrats

Brian

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all very much for your comments. I appreciate it.

[John Chardine]

Now that's a sharp image of an Oystercatcher Denise! The body and head angle are great, love the eye contact, and the blacks and whites look good on my monitor (although the white patch looks on the edge).

[Dave Barnes]

Hi Denise.
I like the low angle, colour and light. well exposed to show some detail in the dark feathers.
My only suggestion would be to clean up the bill a tad.

[denise ippolito]

John, Dave-Thankyou both for your comments.