Sanderlings - Edmonds Waterfront

[Terry Olmsted]

Taken Feb. 7, 2008. These little guys are a challenge - they move like the engergizer bunny. The other challenge is their black bills and legs against the almost black seaweed.

Canon XTi 400 5.6L 1/1600s f5.6 ISO 400 center average metering one-shot AF

[John Cooper]

Lovely little bird Terry but the whites have lost detail on my monitor.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks, John. I agree with you. After going back and looking at the RAW file, the white detail is not there. I will post another image of the sanderling that shows better feather detail.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I agree on the overexposed whites. They have a slight blue cast, too. Maybe you could raise the color temperature a bit.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks, Axel. Here's a slightly warmer version. Thanks for the help!
Terry

[Grady Weed]

Thanks for the efforts here. Whites are hot, but you know that. And yes they are extremely fast. I did not do much better myself recently while in Floridas Fort DeSoto. Keep posting and sharing. Thats how we learn.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks for the encouragement, Grady. This is a great learning experience.