Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)

[Graeme Cox]

One from a few weeks back 80km south of Sydney Aus.
Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 1000
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Latitude 34 32 30.2 S
Longitude 150 52 17.4 E

[Greg Oakley]

Beautiful image Graeme. Top pose, light and setting

[keith mitchell]

Graeme it would be very hard to find fault with this I love the light and the setting and the bird looks perfect.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful pose composition and light, great eye contact, I would suggest however that you lower the highlights

[Holger Leyrer]

Beautiful Image. Light and pose are great. Like the details and BG.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the elegant pose and you have a superb BG and a nice low angle. Blacks look great but yes the whites could and should be toned down a bit more. Nicely;y done overall.

[John Robinson]

All been said.
Beautiful backdrop I agree.
JR

[Karl Egressy]

Great image Graeme.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

sweet bg and light. I like the l pose as well as where you placed the bird

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Graeme, great low perspective, and the lookback pose has turned out well with the bill separated from body. Excellent exposure, and I do like the OOF sea BG.

[christopher galeski]

Thats a great pose,nice light and BG,good low angle.TFS.