The Black Oystercatchers have returned to winter at Port Townsend, Wa.
They were very relaxed and gave me a lot of chances to get them!
1.

WOW Bonnie. These FANTASTIC shots. #4 is STUNNING. Love them all.
dan

Bonnie,
Great set with an AWESOME finish, the last shot is fantastic.
It has a great DOF giving it a 3D feel
Tim

Oh my Bonnie, now I'm jealous of you! I so want some oyster catchers!!!

These are fabulous, 1 is just the shot I would love to have and 2 is 3 times better! 4 is oh how should I say this? Too freaking amazing!! Jody, look out



This is getting to be one though town to shoot in

Tim

Booyah!! #2 and #4 Rock!!

Very beautiful!

These are a delight Bonnie.

Morris

They are all beautiful, but #4 is beyond beautiful - it is so exceptional it defies words.

Fantastic captures. The last is my pick

Dick.

Real beauties, Bonnie. Since #3 shows 380mm, were these taken with the 100-400?

Tony

Awesome shots Bonnie, great job on the OCs inflight and the Mergnaser........wow, just fantastic. Verno

WOW !! Beautiful images, what lens did you use ? Thanks for sharing

BAM!! Nuff said

Note to self: Go visit Bonnie asap
Incredible work my friend, #1 is amazing with perfect exposure!! Sweet DOF on the trio IF and that last frame is beyond the top Bonnie, hats off Lady

Tom

Oh Bonnie, Bravo!! for #1, 2 and 3, Love them! Standing ovation for #4 OUTSTANDING!!
Larry

Imagemaster wrote:
Real beauties, Bonnie. Since #3 shows 380mm, were these taken with the 100-400?

Tony
Yep--the 100-400!

Thomas Sanders wrote:
Note to self: Go visit Bonnie asap
Incredible work my friend, #1 is amazing with perfect exposure!! Sweet DOF on the trio IF and that last frame is beyond the top Bonnie, hats off Lady

Tom
Hey, Tom--come on over when we get a break in the weather! We can kayak over here too!

Bonnie, your posts are always so sharp and well exposed. You are a great photographer. Bruce

Bonnie, you are cleaning house on stunning shots! Oystercatchers are showing sweet exposures and really nice detail throughout. Great work on the dark feathers, they show a very nice tonal range and love the orange pop in their eyes. Wow, how pretty is that threesome, very cool

Wait, hold up, #4 has that 'extra dimension' to it! Bonnie, this shot has it all for me, great separation, motion, rock solid sharpness, great exposure and sweet eye contact. I absolutely love this shot and you must be on these early to lock focus because I don't remember the 1-400 being that quick to focus!

Impressive..............and most enjoyable!

Karl

Fantastic! Ditto everything that Karl said.