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    First post in this Forum - I have mainly been in Avian.

    I took this yesterday as I was at the beach photographing shore birds. I do not know the species of crab but they were busy digging burrows (is that the right term?). Some great images on this forum!!!

    1d MK 4, 500mm + 2x ext, 1/320 @ 14, iso 400, EV +2/3.

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    Tom,

    I cannot say that I find myself laying on a beach too often, so crabs are something I know little off.

    To my mind there is a little too much sand obscuring the crab's body, but the image is a great behavioural shot.

    I also am not very good at noticing the need for rotation but in this case I wonder if atid CW is needed to make the "eyes" more upright, the beach itself is clearly undulating.

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    Tom,

    Interesting image and perspective. I nice shake up from the larger species dominating the forum.

    Just to respond to some of Ken's observations. The crab appears to be digging a borrow, hence the sand between the claws. It also looks to be on an incline in the sand - typical topography of an ocean beach which I assume this is, so I am good with the strong diagonal which actually adds impact/dynamics to the scene.

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    Tom, very nice shot of a member of the family Ocypodidae (fiddler crabs and ghost crabs). There are numerous species in the tropics and subtropics. They prefer sandy beaches and dig burrows during falling tide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christian Neumann View Post
    Tom, very nice shot of a member of the family Ocypodidae (fiddler crabs and ghost crabs). There are numerous species in the tropics and subtropics. They prefer sandy beaches and dig burrows during falling tide.
    Thanks for the ID - yes the tide was falling and they were all building burrows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Amoruso View Post
    Tom,

    Interesting image and perspective. I nice shake up from the larger species dominating the forum.

    Just to respond to some of Ken's observations. The crab appears to be digging a borrow, hence the sand between the claws. It also looks to be on an incline in the sand - typical topography of an ocean beach which I assume this is, so I am good with the strong diagonal which actually adds impact/dynamics to the scene.

    Yes the crab is carrying the sand out of the burrow dumping it and back into the burrow to get more out. This beach was inclined as seen here so I left it as is.

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    Welcome to Wildlife and nice image for first post
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    Welcome here, Tom, and a good image to 'open your account with' .
    I certainly agree with Robert on the diagonal adding a lot here. I think even if you apply Ken's rotation to get the eyes 'more level', the beach would still show an incline...
    I also don't mind the sand in front of it as it looks like he's gathering the sand up with his pinchers.

    Looking forward to seeing more of your work from Down Under...
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