Captain's Oyster Catcher

[arash_hazeghi]

I got this in Florida with Doug Brown and Jim Neiger aboard Captain Shadle's 5-star cruiser, the famous Hooptie Deux. Thanks for commanding the OC to come close and bank for us!

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1D4 500mm f/4 1/1600sec ISO 1600.

[Bryan Hix]

Awesome BIF Arash. I love the warm light and the full banking pose.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent banking pose with sweet light & perfect wing position. great underwing details.

[Doug Brown]

A great morning on the Hooptie Deux! You nailed this one Arash!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wonderful banking pose and the light is just awesome !!!!

[Ofer Levy]

Superb! Great warm light, perfect sharpness detail and exposure control!!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely light and exp, the quality of your in flight shots is outstanding.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Arash! I like the banking pose, lighting and IQ.

[Dan Walker]

Fantastic pose and sweet light, love the contrast with the darker BG. Great IQ with such a high ISO

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash...a fine image. loved the Bg and the details. I 've never seen oystercatchers...but wondering if the whites should be a little more bright?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice pop here bhai, loved the pose.. nicely done.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with a killer pose as usual. I like the mangrove BKGR. I am wondering about the WHITEs as KD is. In some spots they do not look very white at all in other spots (just below the black hood) they look too bright.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys,
@Arite and Kaustubh, this image was made at sunrise and that's where the warm tones are coming from, I personally prefer not to color correct the image in absolute colorimetric terms to keep it faithful to the original scene at the time of capture but if you prefer whites be set as pure white here is a repost:

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely banking pose, nice contrasting dark bg and a great NR job. Shallow DOF works so well here. Excellent image Arash.

[Petros Petrou]

Great image. Excelent detail and I like the banking pose. The originaly posted image is my preference.

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet, sweet light Arash, and you have nailed the banking angle. Good job with the exposure on the head and bill.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Arash. I'd got for the repost while keeping both in the files to give an editor the choice.

[Bryan Hix]

Arash I like the re-post as you still preserved the warmer tones and the bird appears crisper to me relative to the colors.