American Oystercatcher

[Stinky]

I took this one last week at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve in Absecon, NJ.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Steve,

I think I would crop the right hand side a fair bit if this were mine - like you, this is often how I capture a shot, because the focus point is in the middle and you place it on the eye, but in PP, it usually pays to experiment with cropping to find a composition that does not have the bird's eye so central.

Good focus, exposure and sharpness, plus the background shows habitat.

HTH,