Stilted Sandpiper (I think)

[terrib]

While waiting for hawks, I spotted this little bird. He was fairly tolerant of me.

All C&C welcome.


#1 I know he's lost in the background, but it's kind of the point. I did do a little work on the background so he wasn't totally camouflaged.



#2 I like the ripples and the reflection in this one. Wish that stick wasn't just over his tail but I don't think I can successfully remove it.

[davidedric]

Nice shots, but I think it's a Wilson's snipe, probably juvenile because the eye stripe is rather faint.

[terrib]

Nice shots, but I think it's a Wilson's snipe, probably juvenile because the eye stripe is rather faint.

thank you, Dave! Definitely looks more like a Wilson's Snipe than a Stilted Sandpiper. I've changed the title.

[Geoff F]

Yes second shot is good. There is a firm edge to the bird beside the stick so it might clone out if you use a slightly harder brush edge when you get in really close.

[Geoff F]

This is a quick removal of some sticks.

[terrib]

Thanks, Geoff for taking a time to show the edit. I'll give it a whirl.

[jeeperman]

I like the second best, but well done Terri!

[jprzybyla]

Good work Terri, interesting bird.

[Steve S]

Nice job terri, a few things to ponder on.............................

Your original image..............you added saturation, but in the process, the blues are showing up in the shadow details and water........


A quick down and dirty fix is to crank the blue channel up in a hue and saturation layer to see where they are.........


Reduce the saturation of the blues and cyans.(because they arn't affecting anything else in the image you want them in)........................



Add some magenta to fix the green cast............................