An over-wintering Bar-tailed Godwit working the beach.
Canon 50D, 400f/5.6L, 1/640s, f/5.6, ISO 400, manual exposure, Mongoose 3.6 mounted on a skimmer
full frame but with a slice taken off the right and a corresponding amount added to the left to give the bird a bit more room to move into
minimal PP (levels, curves, sharpen - as per Artie's Digital Basics)
Excellent stuff Leo, well done getting so close to these guys. Single birds especially can be tough.
My preference would have been to have the bird a little smaller in the frame but that is personal preference and only a very minor nit.
Look forward to seeing you on the new look feathersandphotos forum tomorrow as well (if the upgrade is complete by then).
Leo, Interesting image with the nice walking pose of the bird and pretty background. I suspect that you may be able to get a little more detail in the light parts of the bird. I have been using the adjustment brush in Lightroom set to exposure for tasks such as this and am pleased with the results.