Purple Sandpiper

Gallery: AvianPosted January 3, 201099 views7 comments

Purple Sandpiper flying along the waves on Little Beach, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland UK.

Canon 40D, Canon 500mm f4 lens, f5, 1/2500sec ISO 320

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 3, 2010 at 5:52 PM

What a great shot with lots of action. I would prefer the bird a little more to the right of the frame...is a bit centered as is, but still an excellent capture. The wave action is nice. Sharon

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Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on January 3, 2010 at 6:53 PM

I really like the waves, and you have just enough blur for the action of the bird. For some reason, the bird's eye/head is not quite as sharp as I would expect at 1/2500th.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 3, 2010 at 7:47 PM

I like the setting a lot. The blue shaded water works well with the orange feet. Looks like your camera locked onto something a bit in front of the bird, so a bit soft on the sandpiper. Still a fine image.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 3, 2010 at 10:45 PM

Very neat flight shot, Ron. I really like the foreground waves.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 4, 2010 at 2:54 PM

Tough flight shot on this little bird Ron. I too would like to see the bird sharper. To me this looks like it was a pretty significant crop given the loss of detail in the bird.

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on January 5, 2010 at 4:59 AM

Nice shot Ron, good to capture the wave action and some warm light, I'd suggest stopping down a touch for shots like this.

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Comment posted by Ron McCombe on January 5, 2010 at 2:17 PM

Thanks all for your comment, I'll take them on board

Happy New Year

Ron

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