Taken this morning at the beach. There were a pair of these guys on the beach near the surf line. My camera kept turning itself off (the problem was with the battery) which was very frustrating, but I still managed a few before the light got too harsh.
I used levels and curves in PS, and added a tiny bit of canvas in front.
50D, 100-400 at 400mm
1/1000 sec, f/8, ISO 400
Handheld, laying on the wet sand
Last edited by Aidan Briggs; 10-23-2010 at 08:27 PM.
I love the pose of the bird, with 1 foot up and leaning forward, with a purposeful look as if to say I'm running from here to there, and no-one's going to stop me! Some people might not like the oof surf in the bg, but for me it adds to the depth of the image. Eye and bill look great. I might get rid of the black dots behind the right leg. I don't see any real problems with this image.
Lovely image, Aidan. Agree with Richard, that purposeful gait is cute. Beautiful details and love the cool blue bg.
Bill looks slightly jagged along the edge on my screen, perhaps from sharpening? Bill could also be optionally cleaned.