Mating Oystercatchers

[Roman Kurywczak]

From this morning at Nickerson Beach. Earliest I've been there and only had 1 shot at this.....ripped of almost 30 of the sequence. Got to spend a very cold morning with Susan Candelario, Ben Venezio, and Nick Palmieri! Nothing like freezing with your friends!
Canon 1D Mark lll with the Sigma 300-800mm lens at 800mm at f8 for 1/2500 sec and ISO 640.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Outstanding Roman !!!!! What else can I say. Excellent exposure, timing , detail and above all low angle !!! Awesome.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Roman, this one's a winner. Superb dynamic range and two perfect head positions. Liked the tight crop. Shadow giving nice depth to the photo.

[Robert O'Toole]

Very well done Roman, the light is outstanding, bright and soft! That is a must for these guys and you did a great job.

Robert

[Grace Scalzo]

Superb, Roman. Love the shadow!

[denise ippolito]

Fantastic image Roman!! Worth freezing your butt off for. I like the framing and perfect positioning. Beautiful moment captured!!!:)

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely moment and light, composition is top class!

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose and comp Roman, everything is nice. I would try to sharpen the plumage/feet a bit more. TFS

[christopher galeski]

bang on Roman,good comp,sharp,nice exposure,magic shot .thanks.

[Nick Palmieri]

We were suddenly a little warmer after this shot! Thanks for all the help yesterday Roman. Got some good ones. I think the shadow gives this some nice depth and I love the feet on her back. The feeling in my fingers has returned.

[Dave Barnes]

Super capture Roman. This one has it all, nice colour, good angle, sharp, well exposed, nice eye detail and HA in both birds, and very well exposed.

[Ofer Levy]

This is a fantastic capture Roman. However, processing doesn't do this excllent image justice. I see some quite noticeable cloning marks and some kind of halo around the birds (maybe S/H) and sharpening halo.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Roman, excellent exposure, sharp, and well timed for the moment.

[bob arkow]

Roman:

Love this image. Nice meeting you at Nickerson this morning. Hopefully it will be nicer next weekend!

Bob

[Nate Chappell]

Outstanding image Roman!:cool:

[RAM MALLYA]

wow loved the sharpness and the BG

[Rahul Sachdev]

Nice Moment captured here. Perfect angle as well. I see a slight halo around the birds on my monitor...takes nothing away from the awesome snap though.
Would love to have this in my kitty :)

-rahul

[LouBuonomo]

You could have dropped an email you know............

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful Roman Bhai, nice pose:D, loved the angle, nice light and great expo too.. very well done..