Juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper

[Brian Barcelos]

Took this image the first week of September and forgot all about it. He/she was hopping around and only stopped for a quick moment on the barnacle covered rock. I new he was heading there so I positioned myself in anticipation with the perfect warm light angle and everything went as planned (for once).;)

Had to do some noise reduction and burned some of the barnacles as they were a bit bright for my tastes. Cropped just a sliver top and right for better comp. Hope you like it. Shorebirds are a pleasure to photograph bye the way.

Canon EOS 50D
Manual Exposure
Tv 1/1000
Av 8.0
Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 500
Tamron 200-500mm
Focal Length 500mm

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

tha light looks great....beautiful composition and pose too!

[Mike Milicia]

Your patience and planning paid off nicely on this one!
Great perch and pose and techs look right on ... congrats!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the perch, sharpness, head angle and exposure control and only wish for a slightly more even BG in the upper left.

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose colours and sharpness

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Brian, super pose and HA, and like the detail and overall colours. I would maybe blend in the light spot top middle. Well captured.

[denise ippolito]

Brian, Really nice pose ,details and HA. I like the barnacle covered rock and think it is a nice touch. Might tone down the dark spots in the BG just a bit. The blue is very beautiful.

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful Brian, everything looks nice. I would crop a bit from top or blend the spot in the middle top edge.

[Ian Mason]

Very nice indeed! I too would tone down the bright spot at the top but that's very minor.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Brian,
Beautiful image - another vote for spot eviction!
Best,
Nicki

[Karl Egressy]

Great light pose and composition, Brian.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I'd be tempted to crop below the brownish smudge in the ULC and the bright blob in the middle. Otherwise a wonderful effort mate. Love it! Good work!

[Ilija Dukovski]

I love the bird with the feet shown, HA and the rock rocks;)
Agree about the spot on top...
Great work in planning and execution with this one. I love it!
Congrats!

[Brian Barcelos]

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I tried getting rid of the dark spots but am not that good when it comes to cloning out big areas. I'm going to have to take a whole day to sit down and practice with my Digital Basics file. It's hard to concentrate here with the toddler running around harassing me all day.:D;)

[Harshad Barve]

lovelt light , compo , HA & sharpness, Beautiful image
TFS