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Western Sandpiper Prize
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Western Sandpiper Prize

by Jim DeWitt

Gallery: AvianPosted April 26, 2013122 views3 comments
Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0TC, handheld laying on ground
f5.7, 1/400, ISO200

90% of full frame. Copper River Shorebird Festival, April 2012. With no sign of spring here – it's snowing now – I'm reduced to working through last year's shots.

Usual sharpening drill.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 27, 2013 at 8:17 AM
I especially like the POV here Jim, nice intimate feel to your comp.
Great behavioral interest with the stuff in its beak, (it's doing something), and I like that fine strand running back to the water plant.
Also of interest is the bit rain I see falling through..
Well done! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on April 27, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Nice detail on this one Jim, love the perspective. Laying in the mud for this view? What one would not do for a great shot. :toast:
Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 27, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Great pose, Jim, and I like the action.

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