PSA Best of the Best

[Jim Fenton]

Not that I usually "toot my own horn" but I loved this image from the minute I saw it developing in the viewfinder. While I thought the two dowitchers looked a tad different it wasn't till later that I suspected one was a short billed and the other a long billed juvenile as later confirmed by some shore bird guru's.

I received a Photographic Society of America Best of the Best award for it at my club meeting this week :)

[Dan Brown]

Congrats Jim! I love the position of the birds and the water! Very nice!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Well deserved recognition Jim!

So...which one is which?:)

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jim, Beautiful image and well deserved!!

[Jim Fenton]

Short on the left and long on the right :)

[Jim Fenton]

Also....just goes to show that you don't always need the feet :)

[denise ippolito]

Jim, A well deserved win- Congratulations!:)

[Blake Shadle]

Really nice image, Jim. Congrats!

[allanrube]

Great shot. I like the smoothness of the water a lot. Yes, feet are overrated. :D

[Cheryl Slechta]

Jim, congratulations! Well deserved - it's beautiful:)

[Robert Amoruso]

Toot the horn Jim - its a great image. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[John Chardine]

Way to go Jim. A truly lovely image, and what a coup to get both species in one frame. I love the layout and painterly look to the image. You've have indeed proved you don't need the feet but you have framed the image so the "virtual" feet are there, which is important.

[Myer Bornstein]

Congrag again very nice capture

[Marina Scarr]

Truly a lovely capture, Jim. It has a painterly feel to it. What a bonus to have learned it is 2 different species. Congratulations!

Marina

[Grace Scalzo]

Congrats, Jim, it's a beauty!

[Doug Brown]

Congrats on the award and on a fine image Jim! Very painterly.

[Chantelle Voss]

Congrats! Well deserved.

[James Graham]

Great capture, Jim. Can you give us some exposure data?
Checked out your blog. Everyone a keeper!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jim, well deserved image. Congrats.

[Jim Fenton]

I apologize for not having been back to thanks for looking and commenting....I've been plagued with a bad monitor and fortunately today the new one arrived and it doesn't even give me headaches :)

Thanks for looking...I'm glad that I could share this with you folks.

[Hazel Grant]

So beautiful and great comp. Please share data and pp work details.

[Jim Fenton]

Image Specifics:

Capture Date 9/13/09

Nikon D300S, 500VR, TC14EII

ISO 500, Flat custom tone curve (all parameters 0 except for sharpening which was set to NONE), F13, (Needed to have them both in focus) 1/320, CW metering, near UniWB preset, +1.7 EV compensation applied.

[Arthur Morris]

Mazel tov. What was the date that the image was made?

[Charles Glatzer]

Jim,

Stunning image, and well deserved.

Chas in Jasper

[Jim Fenton]

Hi Arthur...Image was created 9/13/09 at Plymouth Long beach in MA.

[Sid Garige]

Well deserved Image Jim. Excellent job.