Dunlin at Close Range

The tides in Gulfport are not in my favor this weekend (lows late evening instead of morning when the wind is more manageable), but I decided to go out this afternoon and try my luck in the afternoon breeze. Fortunately there were a decent number of Dunlins foraging around the Gulfport small craft harbor where I normally shoot. There was a slope to the shore, so I sat down in the wet sand with the tripod legs spread out. They often were coming in pretty close, so I was constantly changing between the EC-14 and the EC-20. This one might have been better with the 1.4, but since they were doing their usual thing moving around quickly hammering into the sand, I decided that I liked this one. The shot is full frame, admittedly a bit tight, but I thought the comp worked pretty well. Larger image provided.

E-5 ZD300 F2.8 +EC-20 Wimberley I, ISO 400 1/3200 f5.7 0.0EV