Preening Oystercatcher

[Troy Lim]

To get this shot, I was sitting in the salt water in the lagoon got really low to eye level, waited patiently until this bird woke up and started to preen.
BG is the ocean.


Camera Nikon D3S
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length 850 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Return detected

[Mital Patel]

Brilliant image toy. Very well took call to go low in water.
HA, Sharpens is superb and so light angle.

[Ron Sprunger]

As always, a superb image, and brilliantly presented. Whites and blacks both perfectly controlled. And once again you're convincing me that I need to get in the water (if I ever get near a beach again).

[arash_hazeghi]

great preening pose and nice details

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Love the pose along with the low angle. Real nice detail too.
Well done.

[Xander Sales]

Very cool shot, thanks to ultra low position! Much detail in black and white... nice!


Greetings,

Xander
http://www.xanderfotografie.nl

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely pose and excellent exposure, Troy.
Very nice to see you posting bigger images (although BPN limits vertical to 800px and horizontal to 1024px)
Low angle is terrific.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Love the pose and the low angle here. Very nice!