Sanderling on the run!

[Dan Brown]

Captured a few weeks ago on the northern California coast. Cropped (20%), cloned a few unwanted bubbles out, NR on BG with Noiseware, sharpened the bird with Noiseware and a little selectively with Nik.


Camera Model: NIKON D300, handheld
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
AF mode: AF-C
Image size: 4352 x 2868
Image quality: RAW
White balance: AUTO

[Phil Battley]

That's fantastic, Dan. You've captured the bird's behaviour perfectly - running, off the ground, with the wave coming in. It tells it all.

Phil

[Myer Bornstein]

excellent and the water drops definitely add to the picture

[Bryan Hix]

Great action! Have you tried a tighter crop? I might take some off the top.

[Mark Young]

Nice action capture. Good timing to get this bird in mid stride.