Taken this evening, fresh for this month's theme. Quite overcast and drizzly, but with the bright white water my goal was to get a high-key image off of it.
This fella flew in close to me as I was photographing some Red-winged Blackbirds, but not close enough and behind some reeds. I tried audio, and sure enough it came right onto the rock in front of me within seconds. A few frames later it saw me and flew back behind the reeds.
Canon 30D + 100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/125s., f/6.3, ISO 800, +2 EC, natural light, handheld, cropped for comp (~75% FF), white-wash cleaned from rock via clone tool, and some of the brighter wet reflections darkened via burn tool.
Burn Tool - Good Man!
You have a good looking subject, that is nice and sharp.
The perspective and eye contact holds the viewers interest.
IMO a little off the right and perhaps a warmer WB would make this an even stronger image.
Spotted Sandpiper
. Quite overcast and drizzly, but with the bright white water my goal was to get a high-key image off of it.
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