Oystercatcher battle #2

[James Galletto]

This was taken the same day at Nickerson beach as my last post.

Shutter speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: 500mm
Focal length: 700mm

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Awesome action captured. Poses, interaction and light are excellent. The observer adds a whole lot to this image. I'd run NR on the bg.
Was this handheld?
Very well done.

[Randy Stout]

James:

Nice interaction, like the no merge poses.

I can see it either way with the 3rd bird. If he was clearly looking at the other too, then I would keep it. As is, I would try a version without the spectator, and see how it looks.

If you have it , I would like a little more room all the way around.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Really nice frame! Fantastic action with no overlap. I like the OOF bird in the LLC. Agree with Randy about a little more room, and I'd consider some CCW rotation.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice interaction, I like it as is, with espectator included, my suggestion would be to run some NR on BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is sweet! it's great that you got both sharp in such dynamic scene. Excellent!

Ditto NR on the BG

Great work

[RakeshDhareshwar]

+1 on the NR on the BG . Excellent shot ! Just love the colours and the exposure here . For me the observer does not add to the image .