WESTERN SANDPIPER ON THE RUN
A western sandpiper scurrying about in search of food during the spring migration.
A western sandpiper scurrying about in search of food during the spring migration.
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Location
The photo was taken on the shore of Cook Inlet near Anchor Point, Alaska.Time
It was a cloudy afternoon.Lighting
I usually prefer cloudy days which generally increases color richness while reducing sharply contrasting light so often characteristic of sunny days.Equipment
My standard photo equipment in the field consists of one camera and one lens, namely a Nikon D500 and a Nikkor 18 to 300 mm lens. The lens is sharp enough, camera tracking abilities good enough and the quality of vibration reduction system sufficient to catch the variety of photographic conditions I encounter in the field. Using a single ultra zoom lens also means not having to take time to switch lenses in the middle of a field shoot or risk getting dust on the photo processor. Almost all of my more than 150 ViewBug challenge wins and contest successes have been achieved with this equipment.Inspiration
I had been photographing western sandpipers feeding along the Cook Inlet beach when one of them ran across a stretch of shore.Editing
Every photo I take that I have selected for appearing in ViewBug or elsewhere gets some amount of post processing. At the minimum it gets cropped, lens type adjusted for and lighting cum color balance corrected.In my camera bag
In addition to the Nikon camera and Nikkor lens my camera bag includes spare SD cards, camera batteries and camera lens cleaner. My bag is of the sling type which enables me to swing it to the front and reach the camera in a moments notice. I have removed the bulk of the camera padding and replaced it with a gardener's knee pad. While serving as camera padding during travel, when I am shooting onsite the pad sometimes serves as something to sit, kneel or lie on.Feedback
Cropping tightly during post processing definitely helped to strengthen the photo..
