Lesser Yellowlegs on a mission

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

This is turning out to be unofficial shorebirds week here. This guy was on a serious mission...running around and trying to catch everything he could see. Had to use high SS to freeze it.

40D. 400 f/5.6L at f/7.1. iso 320. 1/2500s. exp. comp 0.

All C&C welcome.

[Doug Brown]

Love that raised leg and nice head angle. Good light and a low shooting angle help. The bird could stand some additional sharpening IMO, and the tip of the bill looks a little smudged.

[Dany Tielens]

Nice 'low angle' shot!..also the BG is like it should be, as well as the rest of the picture!..

keep shooting!...grtz!

[Bill Dix]

Hi Kaustubh. Nice forward-leaning pose and sense of implied motion. Lovely HA and BG. Ditto Doug's comments about a tad more USM (and maybe a tiny bit of contrast boost?)

[Austin Thomas]

Hi Kaustubh,

I like this as presented. Composition, foot, size in frame and catchlight. Maybe a little more USM.

tfs

Austin

[denise ippolito]

Kaustubh, I like the pose and the water color. I agree w/ Doug regarding some more sharpening. Sometimes they just won't stay still. Lovely exposure.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx everyone. I'll do some more sharpening. The bird was so moving fast and I could not keep the focus point on the head. DOF did some damage control but not enough. Thx for all the constructive feedback.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great strong comp and DOF. Like the foot up pose. Subject is well exposed and sharp. Well done :)