Ruddy Turnstone

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

I took this image at the Sebastian Inlet. This is an interesting bird and I have not seen many of them. It was taken about mid-day whith a high overcast. The shooting info is as follows:
Nikon D3
2010:03:26 11:246
70-200mm @ 200mm
200mm (in 35mm film)
Subject dist: 1.88m
1/250 sec, f/11
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 200
White balance: Fine weather
Flash: Off
File size: 12.0MB
Image size: 661 x 800
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: sRGB

[Bob Pelkey]

Too much sharpening presented which I've become guilty of in my opinion.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice eye contact and low angle, a bit bright overall and still has the same IQ issues/paintary look.
I recommend watching Nikon Capture NX2 tutorial on B&H website, there are three 40 minute videos that walk you through processing steps of NEF files and how to get good quality output

http://www.video.bhphotovideo.com/

TFS