I committed to staying a week at Morro Bay California and discovered the herons were not at the rookery as expected and did not know that to do to gets some photos. So I surfed the web and found a photo that Artie had taken on Morro Strand beach of two curlews. The next morning I headed to the beach and spent many days watching and photographing these beautiful birds.
Nikon D3S, 500mm plus 1.4 converter
F5.6, 1/800sec ISO 1600
Last edited by laurie golden; 02-26-2012 at 11:19 AM.
Hi Laurie, excellent low perspective, and just love the bubbled surf splashing up on the Curlew. I really like the soft light and pastel blues of the BG too. If this were mine, I would run a touch more sharpening on the curlew, and just wish he had turned his head slightly more towards you. I bet you have plenty more to share with us, so looking forward to seeing them.
Spectacular shot of a spectacular bird. Yes to a bit more sharpening, and head turn would have been nice, but I'd take this in a heartbeat. Surf really makes the shot.
Love the wave and the low angle. The tinge of blue in the water looks so nice against this bird.
One of my favorite birds - I too could spend days watching and photographing them.