Dunlin

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4 + 1,4xII, 1/1600, f/6.3, ISO 400
Skimmer II with Wimberley
About 75% of Full Frame

Photographed this past weekend about an hour after sunrise on Plum Island in MA.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques !

[Amano Samarpan]

Classic image

Amano

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Good shooting angle while maintaining a very good reflection, I like the V of water/ripple coming in from the left, imparts a sense of motion. Sharp, well exposed, nice drop too.

The background has good colors, and the bird shows pretty good separation because of the lighting. In a perfect world, I might like him not to overlap the BG, but with the skimmer you were limited in your ability to adjust shooting angle easily.

The light was very nice.

Cheers

Randy

[Andreas Lentfer]

Hello Mike,
very nice picture. One can imagine the calm morning out there. I personally find the colours a bit too warm.
Regards
ANdreas.

[James Salywoda]

WOW! Awesome image Mike great low angle and that reflection is fantastic.

[Hal Everett]

I think the color is very accurate. Mine look very similar, unaltered in the same situation with auto WB.

Hal

[Danny Laredo]

This is really sweet. Great low angle with sweet light. the water drop is a nice bonus.

[denise ippolito]

Mike, Nice pose, reflection and water drop. The water color is lovely.