Solitary Sandpiper Reflected

[Milt Berko]

This Solitairy Sandpiper was mingling with a few Black-necked Stilts at Wakodahatchee the other day. I was taken by the reflection of the bird. Heavy crop.

Olympus E-30
50-200mm ZD lens
EC-14 TC
ISO 400
AP
1/1000
f/7.1
Center weighted metering
EV - 0.30
283mm

[Lance Peters]

hi milt - on my screen - this looks very contrasty - does seem to be some IQ loss due to the heavy crop
Reflection is strong - times like these you can try for something different and just shoot the reflection and then flip it right way around in PP. Can get some great results.
Keep em coming ;)

[arash_hazeghi]

nice reflections, bird is headed away from you and the IQ has suffered greatly. looking forward to the next one.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Milt, agree with above comments regarding HA and contrast. Probably due to the heavy crop I see alot of noise in the backround.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Milt,
Agree with the above, but I can see why you were attracted to the scene. Lovely colours and very pretty bird. Look, forward to the next one!
Best,
Nicki