A Great Day at the Beach

[Aidan Briggs]

Yesterday was the first day I have been out to the coast since December. There were tons of Willets, godwits, and curlews, but not much else besides a few Sanderlings and turnstones. I made quite a few keepers of the more common species. Here is one of my favorites from the morning.

50D, 100-400 at 400mm
1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 640
Handheld resting on the sand.

[Randy Stout]

Aidan:

Very nice, soft light, nice colors, sharp, well exposed, nice composition.
Particularly like the colored bands in the background, gives a bit more interest.

Well done.

Randy

[Jim Fenton]

I've got to say that I'm not convinced there is much of anything I'd do differently accept maybe try and darken the whites in the tail a bit...but they may go gray and in that case they are fine as is.

Really like the pose, simplicity and overall low contrast image created.

[Bert De Tilly]

Wow!! very nice shot i like your's composition

[Steve Maxson]

A very nice preening pose, good sharpness, and I like the gray on gray look here, Aiden. Well done.

[Ilija Dukovski]

This is fantastic, the plumage detail, delicate well composed colors,
great BG, but the pose, the way the legs are positioned and
direct eye contact is what it makes it special.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks for the input everyone. It is appreciated.

[Markus Jais]

This is a wonderful shot. Fantastic BG, great light and wonderful low angle. Great pose.

Markus

[A_Maddah]

Hi Aidan
Great shot.Good composition, pose and lovely look.
TFS

Asad

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Aidan, I liked the different take on 'placement of subject in the frame' here. Nice light, low angle and details. Keep it up.

[Ivan Sjögren]

Hi Aidan
A wonderful shot, I really like the comp and the soft BG. The pose is different and good, also like that you have a bit of eye contact.
Keep them comming.

Ivan