Solitary Sandpiper

Gallery: AvianPosted July 3, 2012133 views7 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 20.TC, handheld
f11, 1/320, ISO640

Another view of the Solitary, this time a front-on view.

Cropped to vertical. Selective sharpening to the bird; noise reduction to the background.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 3, 2012 at 9:46 AM

Nice comp on this Jim. Not sure if this is my eyes (they are starting to get bad), but looks a touch soft like it could use another round of sharpening.

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on July 3, 2012 at 10:00 AM

Nice little turn of the head, the perch it's on shows detail on the feet, and the BG is clean and contrasts nicely with the bird. Cute little guy.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 3, 2012 at 10:54 AM

Fine image, Jim. The background helps the sandpiper pop. Nice head turn. Maybe a little more space all around. Second Kurt's suggestion on another round of sharpening.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on July 3, 2012 at 3:17 PM

This image has a lovely sense of depth, Jim. Part of that is due to the DOF effect evident here. I love the inquisitive pose of the bird too.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 3, 2012 at 4:59 PM

A fine image as presented. I'd be very happy to have something this good on this species.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM

Nice pose, Jim. With a bit more sharpness it would be nice, but I wouldn't have attempted handholding the same gear (which I have) at 1/320 second.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 4, 2012 at 5:09 AM

A beautiful close-up of this great bird Jim, I like this version a bit better the last view. Sweet One

Ken Archer

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