Limpets for Lunch

[Brian Barcelos]

I haven't been able to get on here as regularly as I'd like unfortunately, plus every spare minute I have I sneak out to try to get new images. Caught a few Dunlin hanging out with Sanderlings today down at Gooseberry Island in Westport, MA. Not much for light because of heavy cloud cover, here I used a trick of Arties by pushing the histogram as far right giving the image a washed out look and then brought out the details in pp. Hope everyone likes it and all C/C appreciated.

Canon EOS 50D
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv 1/320
Av 8.0
Evaluative Metering
Exposure Comp +1 2/3
ISO Speed 640
Tamron 200-500mm
Focal Length 500mm
Hand Held
Originally Horizontal

[James Littlejohn]

Great isolation with the foreground blur and background blur. I like the lightness and faint color - it makes it seem a bit austere (in a good way).

[Harshad Barve]

colors are sureal here Brian ,
Lovely pose and nice compo
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Ah Brian Bhai, loved the feel here, effect acheived to this.. TFS

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, pose and exposure control and might just give it a tad more room on the right.

[denise ippolito]

Brian, I like this alot! The high key look to this is most appealing. I like the pose and the details. I even like the motion blur on the right leg and foot. Another vote for a small amount of room on right.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great one, I love it. The colors and hi-key feel mentioned, the eye contact is excellent,
the action is great too. I would crop bit off the bottom perhaps. What is most appealing
to me here is the great composition with diagonal bird line and a second line formed by the two
shells. The shell on the left balances it all very nicely. Agree about bit more space on the right.
Also I would clone out the light patch in the middle at the bottom.
Congrats!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Like everything about this image Brain. Such a cute pose and superb techs !! I too like the high key effect and the action you captured here. Fine work !!!!

[Brian Barcelos]

Thanks for all the replies, really appreciated and a great confident booster.;) I add some more room to the right as suggested and removed the light circle on the bottom, result of pping to quickly.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice Brian, like the eye contact and natural behavior only wish if more of the bird was in focus. TFS

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love the original . The DOF is a bit less , but the exposure , action makes this image for me . LOvely effort !!