Gallery: AvianPosted September 1, 2011198 views16 comments
Shot this earlier in the summer at Nickerson Beach in Long Island NY. Canon EOS 7D with 600mm, ISO 640, f/7.1, SS 1/2000.
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16 comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 1, 2011 at 10:32 PM
Nice to see a fellow NY photographer on here... I never made it to Nickerson (which is a shame) but love seeing all the photos from there. Great colors and exposure - the behavior is neat too. A wonderful first post.
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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 1, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Super shot, Nick. Getting the feeding action with the clam is tops. Really like the low angle and the surf in the background. Great exposure on the blacks, but the whites look a little hot.
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Comment posted by Darren McKenna on September 1, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Great behavioral shot, wonderful image.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 2, 2011 at 3:01 AM
Welcome!
Nice first post - seems to have nice detail and colours, interesting angle and "prey." and BG is very complimentary.
As noted, the whites are hot, and the image - to me - needs some CW rotation to level it. I know the beach may have been slanted a little, but the bird seems off- balance as is.
Looking forward to more of your images!
Sandy
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Comment posted by David Haynes on September 2, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Hey Nick,
Nice post. You have a very intrigueing image here. The blacks have lots of detail although there are a couple of hot areas in the whites that you can probably recover. The dark sand really sets this image off for me....much preferable to a white sand beach and the fact that it's playing with a clam is the icing on the cake. Great eye contact and really pleasing oof background. Remember, you can post a larger version for a better critique and a closer look at the details although it looks like you nailed this one. Really, really nice Nick. Look forward to seeing more of your stuff.
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Comment posted by May Haga on September 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Outstanding action, nice low angle. Excellent image.
May
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Comment posted by Darren Colello on September 2, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Very special image Nick. Great lighting and superb details. Well done!
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Comment posted by keith mitchell on September 2, 2011 at 2:52 PM
Hello Nick and welcome.
This image ticks all the boxes for me as presented the clam tops it off.
Keith.
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on September 2, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Excellent image, Nick. Welcome to the Avian gallery, look forward to more.
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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 2, 2011 at 4:34 PM
Nick a great shot. I disagree with the comments about the whites being too hot. I did a Threshold on this image and there are only 4 pixels over 255 and they are on the clam. The whites look white as they should. Overall a tough exposure of a basically black an white bird handled very well IMO. I also do not think this necessarly needs rotation. Beaches slope and some slope a lot. Given the way the water is draining back off the beach in the BG, making it level would not look right to me. A great shot as posted.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 2, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Great first post Nick!!! Welcome to NPN!
Love the determined look on this birds face. Exposure looks tricky, you did very well handling the blacks and whites.
Ken Archer
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 2, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Really nice Nick. I love the clam shell here. Really makes this image.
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 3, 2011 at 12:15 AM
Welcome Nick! Great first post, love the behavior and comp.
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 4, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Excellent shot, the colors and details look great and you captured a wonderful pose,
Ray
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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on September 5, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Welcome! Your exposure on both blacks and whites look fine to me. The pose and clam are very special and I think it's a wonderful image. Well done! Sharon
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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on September 5, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Fantastic image Nick
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Comments
16 commentsNice first post - seems to have nice detail and colours, interesting angle and "prey." and BG is very complimentary.
As noted, the whites are hot, and the image - to me - needs some CW rotation to level it. I know the beach may have been slanted a little, but the bird seems off- balance as is.
Looking forward to more of your images!
Sandy
Nice post. You have a very intrigueing image here. The blacks have lots of detail although there are a couple of hot areas in the whites that you can probably recover. The dark sand really sets this image off for me....much preferable to a white sand beach and the fact that it's playing with a clam is the icing on the cake. Great eye contact and really pleasing oof background. Remember, you can post a larger version for a better critique and a closer look at the details although it looks like you nailed this one. Really, really nice Nick. Look forward to seeing more of your stuff.
May
This image ticks all the boxes for me as presented the clam tops it off.
Keith.
Love the determined look on this birds face. Exposure looks tricky, you did very well handling the blacks and whites.
Ken Archer
Ray