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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Borgefjell on March 25, 2015, 05:42:37 am

Title: Oystercatcher
Post by: Borgefjell on March 25, 2015, 05:42:37 am

Taken on Helgoland, Germany:

Title: Re: Oystercatcher
Post by: Tony Jay on March 25, 2015, 06:15:07 am

Boy, the Ostercatchers I photograph live in tropical paradise - these guys look a bit cold!
Fantastic shot BTW!

Tony Jay

Title: Re: Oystercatcher
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on March 25, 2015, 10:49:55 am

Very good shot. Even the bird in the background complements, rather than interferes, the bird on the foreground.

Title: Re: Oystercatcher
Post by: francois on March 25, 2015, 12:19:30 pm

I love it. The blurred high-key bottom of the frame is perfect as is the background. Colors play well together.

Title: Re: Oystercatcher
Post by: Borgefjell on March 26, 2015, 09:02:04 am

Thanks a lot! It might look colder as it has been - the white stuff on the bottom is the very bright sand of the beach while the blue background is the sea. It was quite windy that day and so I just had to wait for a strong gust to raise some dust/sand, the complementing bird in the background was a lucky incident and I just had to move accordingly (actually I wanted a little bit more separation but have been too slow). Thanks to overcast sky contrast was quite low which allowed for a bright exposure.