Wood Sandpiper

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Rarely seen in NW England this juvenile created great excitement amongst local Bird Watchers today. Lots of BIG hardware on show, I did my best :-)

100-400 @ 400 F5.6 1/1000 Av Ev +.3

Rich

[Dave Blinder]

Hi Richard, nice pose and head angle. Unfortunately the sun was working against you. Ideally, you want to put the sun directly on your back. Additionally, a low angle might be preferred, I might try to lay on the shore for a shot like this. Noise in the background make me suspect this is a heavy crop.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Dave

No control over positioning, taken from hide, no access to shore, was cropped will recheck noise.
Had to take tooo rare to miss :-). Will post additional pic with bird facing to right on eager forum.
Rich

[John Chardine]

Looks like a heavy crop Richard. Maybe a looser one would increase IQ and would give the bird some room which it needs.

Boy do these look like short-billed Lesser Yellowlegs!

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi John

Does this work better
PP in CS4 - - selective sharp bird only, much less crop, NR in CS4

thanks for comment :-)

Rich

[Fabs Forns]

IMO, the critical focus is in the water rather than in the bird, which looks a not soft as presented. You could increase the EXP a bit and not so much contrast in post processing. TFS.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Fabs

critical focus in water - may be right but how does that happen I was using single point right on eye AI SERVO?
note exp/contrast

Rich

[Fabs Forns]

Richard, in my experience, wavy water is an AF magnet, making it rather difficult to keep focus in the subject, because the SERVO likes to run after the water's movement. Solution: Capture many :)