Two Shorebirds

[Stephen Stephen]

I took these shots in August, when I was out with Wayne (Liv2trip) during a heavy rain. I believe that the first is a Semi-palmated Sandpiper but I could be wrong. The second is a Lesser (or Greater?) Yellowlegs. It's a bit hard to tell from this angle.

Bigma, Manfroto Monopod and FIll Flash

[tomcio]

Nice shots Stephen... if I can sugest anything here..
- first photo fix the eye of the bird and warm up the image a bit
- second photo rotate the image so that the water isnt flowing to the left lol you can tell that by the water drop :)

Other then that great shots.

[Gary Fairhead]

Nice set Stephen. The eye in the first is a quick fix.

[Paul A]

wow looks good to me, what's wrong with the eye?

[busbyea]

Good looking shots; with minor fix = Beauty.

[Stephen Stephen]

Nice shots Stephen... if I can sugest anything here..
- first photo fix the eye of the bird and warm up the image a bit
- second photo rotate the image so that the water isnt flowing to the left lol you can tell that by the water drop :)

Other then that great shots.

Thanks Tom. I'll try your advice on both the shots and repost below the originals when I get some time. I'm not sure what change you're looking for in the eye of the first bird but the second is definitely at an odd angle.

Thanks also to Gary, Paul and Ted.

[Reyno]

The pose and reflections are just fantastic. Well done Stephen.

[catsith]

nice shots

[Stephen Stephen]

Thanks Reyno and Tina. Here are the revised versions.

[catsith]

nice

[tomcio]

There you go. The first bird had a steele eye from the flash :) and now the 2nd photo is just great. :)

[pttenn]

Love the second one. I never figured out what you said was wrong with the first one's eye. Looked good to me...
Karen