Juvi(?) Western Sandpiper digging in

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Photographed 2 weeks ago at Natural Bridges Beach in Santa Cruz, CA.

Thanks in advance. JR

Canon 40D, 500F4IS, Canon 1.4TCII, 1/640s, F7.1, ISO 800, Manual Exposure, Gitzo Tripod w/ Mongoose 3.5a

[Richard Stern]

A clever image, but for me showing more of the head and perhaps a little of the bill would have worked better. Seems slightly over-exposed or under-saturated on my monitor.

Richard

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sorry, can't positively help you on the ID right now, but you got the "juvie" part correct:). I like the feeding pose, but I agree a bit more face showing would be good - at the very least a fully unobstructed eye. I do like the wavelet surrounding the face though, very neat.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Thank you both for the comments. I personally like actually the fact that only the eye is visible as it's different from the usual images. Also, the little wavelet in front of the eye acts almost like a "lens" and one can see a bit of the submerged part. Probably better to see in the non-resized image.

Best, Joerg

[Nico Steenberg]

Me personally like this, nice to get the eye. Like the low angle, comp, exposure and DOF.