Surfbird

[Aidan Briggs]

One from about a month back at the beach. There were two Surfbirds in a group of Black Turnstones. I camped out in front of this rock, and eventually this guy walked by. I made five images, and this was this one had the best pose and HA.

50D, 100-400 at 250 mm
1/640 sec, f/7.1, ISO 400

[Randy Stout]

Aidan:

Very nice , well exposed, like the rock, the pose, raised foot, soft background.
The lighting is really very nice.

Cheers

Randy

[Paul Lagasi]

Wow..Aidan this is a life bird for me but then so is the one in your avatar....guess I'll have to make a trip down some time. Nice and sharp, decent background and perch, those yellow legs rock....Thanks for sharing

[Chris Martinez]

haha It's almost like he/she was walking along and froze when you were spotted. I really like the pose with the "heel" of the foot lifted. The head angle and eye contact both help to make this a great image.
I'd not heard of a Surfbird so I had to google it. Great looking shorebird!!

[Morkel Erasmus]

nicely exposed here Aidan - nice pose too and I do love that swirling surf BG!

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Aidan, great pose, and I like your angle of capture. Good all round detail too.

[Mital Patel]

just loved the light filled up here. superb pose and bg compliments well to the bright subject. may a small reduction of noise from bg would enhance the feel

[Peter Farrell]

Great pose, bg, light and I like the rock. It was well worth your wait.
Peter

[Nate Chappell]

Lovely image Aidan, nice lighting and eye contact:cool:

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks everyone for the comments!!

[Mark Young]

I like the exposure you've used here. The details and colours look very nice, and sharp.