Short-billed Dowitcher (worn juvenile)

[David Pugsley]

Thanks to Artie and John C. for the ID info!

Sept. 7, Ft. DeSoto, Florida
1D MkIII
500 f/4 + 1.4x
1/320 at f/10 set manually
ISO 400

On this particular morning the light was diffused, but relatively bright, by a thin layer of clouds. I'm pleased with the softness and mood it lent the image.
I do note some fringing along the bill/background edge that appears no matter how conservative I am with sharpening. Perhaps simply an issue with JPG conversion?

PP in LR 3. Only a slight rotation with subsequent crop.

Cheers and thanks for looking!
David

[Arthur Morris]

Love the high key look, the perfect EXP, and the sharpness. Pointing the lens down several inches would seem to have been the right was to go as there is some interesting stuff going on below the bird (but not much going on above). I make the same mistake very often even after 28 years of doing this.....

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Terrific mood. good IQ, low angle, exp, sharpness and HA. Did you try a horizontal? I am thinking the foam/bubbles in the front of the bird would have nicely balanced the bird in horizontal comp.

[Alan Murphy]

Love that bright pastel BG and pose.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image,nice and dreamy,good detail in the bird,and nice HA,thanks.

[Raul Padilla]

great eye contact, i not understand the Arthy reply, maybe my english is limited, please someone can abound about it?

Thx