Sanderling Feeding

Gallery: AvianPosted December 1, 200982 views9 comments

These are great little birds. This one was on my local beach at Berwick upon Tweed Northumberland UK.

It was late in the afternoon last January, the light was the brilliant warn light you get at the end of a frosty day and the bird was feeding at the tide line. I was lying full length on the beach to get the low angle, I got a bit wet but the bird came quite close and I got the shot I was looking for.

canon 300mm f2.8, f2.8 !/2000sec ISO 200

C&C please

Ron

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Greg Cope on December 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM

Beautiful light and pose. I really love the low angle. A personal pref, but I'm not a huge fan of the line across the bottom (oof wave?), it could be removed by cropping closer around the bird

Registered on January 22, 2007, 212 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM

I really like the feeding pose and I also like the oof fg Ron. My only suggestion would be too crop a little more from the left to move the bird farther from the center of the frame.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 1, 2009 at 8:21 PM

The hits just keep COMING! What took you so long to join NPN? Only suggestion is a tiny CCW rotation to even this out. Also can you get into the habit of posting your gear/settings? Makes critiquing/learning easier. Thanks

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 1, 2009 at 8:35 PM

Sweet Ron. I like your low position and the water flowing from the mouth

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 1, 2009 at 9:00 PM

Excellent, Ron. I really like the low angle and you have the dof perfect for my taste. The little bubbles formed by the feeding action are a wonderful touch.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Donato on December 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM

Very nice shot and colors.

Registered on January 27, 2009, 29 Posts, 247 Comments

Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on December 1, 2009 at 10:49 PM

Wonderful low angle, Ron. Very nice, rich BG colours too.

Registered on October 5, 2007, 58 Posts, 2039 Comments

Comment posted by Ron McCombe on December 2, 2009 at 8:39 AM

Thanks for the comments guys

Luke I have edited the post and included the detaials
but here they are again.

I'll get the hang of this postings business yet

canon 300mm f2.8, f2.8 !/2000sec ISO 200

Ron

Registered on November 16, 2009, 190 Posts, 207 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 3, 2009 at 5:22 PM

Ron,

I like your low angle and the wonderful reflection that provided.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments