American Oystercatcher

[Troy Lim]

Shot taken at Ft. Desoto last Friday. This guy was posing for a few photographers. We were able to get about within 20 feet. Got flat on the sand to get to eye-level. Hope you like it.

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/10.0
Focal Length 850 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias +2/3 EV
Flash No Flash

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent techs!! Maybe a bit more room on the right.

[Stu Bowie]

Great IQ, and overall well exposed. I do like the detail and colours, and agree, a little more room on the right will work.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Very nice, Troy. Lovely light, exposure and low angle. I'd probably try with some more room on both sides is possible.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the low angle and the sweet light and ditto Sidharth on the framing.

[Bill Dix]

Gotta love these guys. Great light and color. I'll go contrarian and suggest that personally a little room on the left would help. (And maybe a tad on the right.) I might be tempted to clean up the eye a little bit if that's within your ethic. It seems common to see slight imperfections in the eyes of Oystercatchers, so I suppose the image need not try to show perfection where it doesn't exist. (PS also very nicely exposed, and great low angle.)

[Jim Fenton]

One of these days I might get to see one of these creatures in real life...I hope!

Everything looks as it should be...enjoy the low angle and like the others suggested, I would add a bit more room on the right.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent pose and details Troy!

[Troy Lim]

Thank you all.
Reprocessed the shot with more room all around.