Bringing Home Breakfast

[Joe Senzatimore]

Spent some time watching this Oyster Catcher fly back and forth to the colony after digging up snacks for the chicks. After studying the behavior for a while I was able to capture it the moment it took flight for the trip to the chicks.

400 ISO f5.6 at 1/3200th

[Troy Lim]

One of my favorite birds. Nice top view, food in the beak is awesome.

[Glenda Simmons]

Excellant flight shot! Background compliments the bird, as well.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Banking pose, eye contact and BG look very good and the morsel adds to it. I might sharpen it a bit more and run NR on the BG.

[Juan Aragonés]

Very good one Joe. The banking pose and light angle are just fantastic. Very nice Bg. From a compositional point of view, I think that a higher position of the oystercatcher would be better. Very good job on this one :)

[Alfred Forns]

Outstanding Joe and love that bg !! One of the prettier OC images I've seen in a while !! Big Congrats !!!

[Jim Crosswell]

Great flight shot! I like the banking position, food in the beak and BG.

[Fabs Forns]

Very lovely, Joe, nice BG too. Agree with Juan about the comp and I may add some black to the browns (neutrals) in Selective Color.

[stuart wanuck]

lovely lovely image love the banking view send some of theses to west palm beach

[denise ippolito]

Joe, Beautiful banking pose and details. The BG colors really make this stand out. I agree w/ Juan regarding the positioning in the frame. Fantastic!:)

[DustinFinn]

Totally love this, totally jealous of your light and background... so sweet.

After reading the comp. suggestions, I might not move the bird up, but crop some off the top and center it more for this display, and when its on the cover of a magazine, use this comp as you have here ;)
(Cuz, PS, that's where this image belongs, on the cover of a magazine)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the pose amd light here.. the feed in the beal adds well...

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the top view of this specie a lot, on top of my list for next trip to the East Coast! Very well done

[Joe Senzatimore]

Totally love this, totally jealous of your light and background... so sweet.

After reading the comp. suggestions, I might not move the bird up, but crop some off the top and center it more for this display, and when its on the cover of a magazine, use this comp as you have here ;)
(Cuz, PS, that's where this image belongs, on the cover of a magazine)

From your mouth to God's ears. Thanks Dustin.

Joe

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Joe,
Killer topside view....my favorite pose of the OC and not the easiest to get with the killer BG.....as I like em tight.....top crop recommendation works for me.....morsel in the mouth puts it over the top!!!