Mating Oystercatchers

[Jeroen Stel]

Here's one from last Spring photographed at the Isle of Texel up north of The Netherlands...

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 200
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jeroen, one of my favourite shore birds, and you have exposed them very well. Its always good to capture behaviour, no matter what the subjects are doing, and both nice and sharp. The inclusion of the mud adds interest. If this were mine, I would add a bit more space on the left and top.

[gail bisson]

Good behavior caught here. IQ is good and I like the HA on both birds.Whites exposed well.
Gail

[Mital Patel]

Jeroen superb moment captured here.

Well sharp and exposed. just i feel it little tight.

[Bill Dix]

Great behavior shot. Rich colors. Difficult exposure conditions, handled nicely. Another vote for a little space left and top.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent! lovely pose and light plus great details. great job getting a perfect HA for both.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jeron, what a shot. Excellent at so many levels...exposure, moment, light, angle, HAs, colors...huge WOW factor. A little more room at top would be nice. I think it will make more impact as a vertical.

[EzhilSuresh]

Jeroen, great action shot. Nice quality and details.

[Josh Clark]

Nice image Jereon. Great behavior shot. I agree with Stuarts comment about the added room. Gorgeous light and nice BG. Well done.

[Ishmeet Sahni]

What a moment !! Very well captured, the image is really crisp and the whites are exposed very well.
I have to agree with the rest, would like to see more space on the top.

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic Shot Jeroen !!!! Love the colors and detail.

[Ofer Levy]

Killer behaviour shot!! Perfect exposure! Colours look a bit overssaturated but maybe it was just the light. Agree with the comments regarding the composition being a bit off and would consider a very slight CW rotation.