One more from Saturday morning at Sandy Hook. Axel said they weren't too skittish on Sunday but Saturday they were running around like Banshees. Guess I'm not as stealthy as Axel!
I like the walking pose, eye contact and sharpness. I would tone down the whites some more. I'm sometimes not sure about IDing peeps and don't know if this is a semipalmated sandpiper or sanderling.
As for being stealthy, I was lying on the beach until they ignored me. The least sandpipers almost jumped over my legs. :)
A nice low angle shot. I agree it may be a bit bright. I also think its a juvenile sanderling given the entirely white breast although I am not 100% sure.
I appreciate you taking the time to respond and provide feedback. I have a question that hopefully one of you (or someone else) can answer. All three of you mentioned toning down the whites. Now I am not a slave to histograms but when I look at the histogram here, it looks spot on. What am I missing?
You are right, the histogram looks good but there are not many details in the highlights and jpg conversion makes this even more pronounced. In light like this I usually bring the whites to about 220-230 which usually brings out some details in the whites. Using the digital color meter, which is in the utilities of Mac OSX in 'RGB as Actual Value, 8 bit' shows you the pixel value.
Ed, Lovely peep you captured and love the pose. BG and comp are also nice. I believe this is a juvi semi because of the buff on the breast. I compared it to the info in Arties "Shorebirds, Beautiful Beachcombers" book. Definitely recommended if you'd like to Id and age all N. American species. Congrats
Semipalmated Sandpiper
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