American Oystercatcher

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I made this at Nickerson Beach on a very hazy morning while the light was quite low.

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/800s, f/5.6, EC +1, ISO 800

[allanrube]

Good pose and eye contact. I like the foam water - it adds a lot. On my monitor the very bottom has so little detail that I might crop off just a bit.

[Grace Scalzo]

Really nice, Axel. You made very good use of the light that you had. Love the swirling water around his feet.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the angle of the OC, and overall sharp, and well exposed. Lovely soft light and pastel colours in the BG.

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Like it a lot, The foamy water really adds to it! Congrats Another Keeper for sure!
don

[Jory Griesman]

Nice image, overall, and agree with others. Would also like to comment on the "walking position" of his/her legs, like it's out for a stroll along the beach (which, I guess, it is). Nice head turn/position, and good detail in blacks and whites.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice capture, oh I know that light. Not sure if warming up a notch would help. Chicks fledged?
The ones here be gone...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice capture, oh I know that light. Not sure if warming up a notch would help. Chicks fledged?
The ones here be gone...

Thanks, Fabs! I don't mind the soft light but the haze makes the blacks look rather gray in-camera. I also noticed that the reds look much better on a wide gamut monitor compared with the laptop I'm on right now.

This Oystercatcher was looking for food for the little ones.

[Fabs Forns]

Did you see the new iMac?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Did you see the new iMac?

Yes, it's great that you can now have parallel SSD and regular HDD, although I prefer 16x10 monitors. I have a 24'' ACD, which I really like but my MacBook Pro is a bit underpowered for PS. The new 6-core Mac Pro looks good, too, but it is probably $3.5k and does not have USB 3.0 or faster Firewire yet.

[arash_hazeghi]

exp and colors look good to me, nice details. I would have preferred the bird slightly more parallel to camera. TFS

[christopher galeski]

very nice shot,good for low light,as been said before,like the foaming sea its walking in,some nice detail,nice pose.thanks.

[Chris van Rooyen]

I love the contrast between the light background and the dark head and bright red bill. Well done in difficult light conditions.