Well done young buddy. It looks like a first winter bird with the mantle and scaps noticeably darked than the coverts. Techs perfect and I like the little wavelet. Denise's suggestion is a good one. Digging a hole in the sand for your rig would have placed the dark line lower in the frame..... I have done that :) Or, simply taken the lens off of the mount....
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