Sleeping Sanderling

[Lorant Voros]

I spend a few hours in the water to get close to some small waders such as this one. They got very used to me and only flew away when my muscles got cramped up while I tried to come out of the mud.

The white stuff in the BG is salt foam. It gives me the feeling of winter.....Mexican Caribbean winter though:-).
Comments are welcome as always:-).

1DMKIII
500mm+1.4TC
ISO400
f:8
1/1600
Tripod
Fill Flash

[gail bisson]

Very very nice image. Good low angle and nice muted colors. Whites are beautifully exposed.Maybe take a sliver off right? No nits from me on this one! TFS and happy New Year,
Gail

[Chuck Fritsch]

Nice image, nice exposure. It is hard to find anything to improve. Maybe darkening the light OOF patch on the right a bit.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice low angle and overall pale colours. I like the sleeping pose. I like the back of head feathers seemingly ruffled by the wind but wish the area on the eyebrow wasn't. The centered comp works well enough with the foam filling the right side of the frame but I still think a bit cropped off on that side would work better (maybe 30-40% of that space cropped off).

[Karl Egressy]

Nice low angle and perfect exposure that shows well in the whites. Great work Lorant.

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice image Lorant! I like the pose, details, low angle and BG.

[Robert vanMierop]

Beautiful image...'wouldn't change a thing!

[Robert Holguin]

Just a very beautiful image. Excellent shooting angle, exposed perfectly, and I really like the comp.
Well done.