Proud Dunlin struttin' away.

[Daniel Cadieux]

With shorebirds being among my favorite subjects, combined with the fact I've only had three individuals worth photographing this fall you can bet I will milk those opportunities most I can...so here's another of the Dunlin encounter from two weekends ago:) The bill's shadow was lighten in PS, and the brightest highlights in the water were toned down using the clone tool (soft brush, 25% opacity).

Canon 40D + 100-400L @200mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/7.1, ISO 400, +0.3 EC, natural light, handheld, full frame.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful walking pose , awesome low angle , details and BG
Dunlin showing some attitude here :D
TFS

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

A nicely executed image, the tippy toes posture makes it for me. Nice techs, shooting angle, angle of bird in frame, exposure and sharpness.

I like the large bubbles in the BG, add interest, without being distracting. I believe toning down the highlights was the proper move, and might even hit the cluster of four on the left edge one more time.

How long did it take you to climb out of the hole you dug to get this angle? :)

Randy

[David Fletcher]

Pretty cool shot Daniel. Love the pose, low angle of view and the tip toeing. Good ps work.

[Ramon M. Casares]

The first thing I noticed and loved were the OOF bubbles :)
Nice pose, light, low angle, BG/ambient, comp and detail.
Congratulations!

[Indranil Sircar]

Agree with Ramon on the OOF bubbles. Excellent light and low angle. Geat bg, pose and details.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the striding pose, angle, sharpness and BG. I might lighten the shadow of the bill more.

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet image Daniel, indeed the bubbles add interest to the image.

[denise ippolito]

Daniel, I love the bubbles too! Very nice low angle, details and pose.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice light, BG, and exposure. Not a huge fan of the specular highlights and the brown water in the BG, but there's not much you can do about that.

Well Done!

[Stephen Stephen]

Dan I love the pose, the light and the low angle (Did you dig a hole in the sand to get it?).