common sandpiper

[christopher galeski]

took this shot end of last month on my local river,cannon 50d,cannon 400mm prime lens,hand held lying on stomach,f5/6,1/1250 sec,iso800,cropped and sharpened in ps.comments good or bad,all help thanks.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good angle, look-back pose and soft light. I might sharpen the bird a bit more.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Christopher,
I love the look-back and the soft light and colours are very pretty. As Axel suggested, perhaps a tad more sharpening.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Excellent detail, pose and composition. Beautiful image !!!! TFS Christopher.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome pose and nice low angle. Looks like the nictitating membrane is showing a bit? It may be an illusion, but it looks like some CW rotation could be needed - I'd try it just to see...

[Dan Busby]

Lovely shot Christopher. Nice even lighting on the bird and good background. Also nicely composed.

[christopher galeski]

thanks everybody for your comments,Daniel,I will have to show my ignorance,I do not know what nictitating membrane is.thanks.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice rock and pose. Bummer that the head wound up in the darker water.... The nictitating membrane is the translucent third eyelid that may or may not be evident in this image. Another vote for a bit of CW rotation...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Artie, thanks for answering Christopher's question - I had somehow missed it...(sorry Chris!!:o)

My thoughts were that the front third of the eye seemed covered by that membrane.

[Arthur Morris]

YAW. There is something funky going on with the eye...