Taken at a nifty little local urban pond where on one side lies a few protruding rocks from out of the water. I've seen and photographed this species there before, but really wanted one on one of those rocks. I hid in the reeds and put on the audio...within seconds one was on this perch...which was the one I was hoping it would choose. It was alert but rather calm, and displayed like this when a grackle landed between us momentarily (the grackle also perched nicely on a rock for me).
Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/6.3, ISO 800 (histogram checked), natural light, handheld from the ground, small crop for comp, removed an ygly dry grass strand on the perch via patch tool, and lightened the shaded side of the face and body a tad (dodge tool).
Very well executed, Daniel. The stare, gorgeous bg and nice low angle make for a great image.
Wonder if this would work as a vertical too.
Would love to go photographing with you someday. You make it look so easy :)
Awesome shot ,Daniel. Perch , bg and general pose are all superb. Never seen this bird before.
If it were mine ,I would tone down the perch slightly .
Do you have a frame with a side - on view of the head and/or body ?
Hi Dan, good head on capture, eye contact, and with good DOF throughout sandpiper and rocky perch. I feel the central placement works well, and you positioned yourself nicely to get that BG.
Spotted Sandpiper Staredown.
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