The tiny Sanderling has been my favorite shorebird for years and its great to see them in breeding plumage. On our second day here at Bolivar Flats, I decided to use my 2X teleconverter on my Nikkor 600MM PF lens because the day before, with the 1.4X teleconverter, the image size I was getting was just a bit smaller than I like when I’m beach panning. The Sanderling had raced by me, away from the surf and onto the sand to my right. It’s much easier for me to shoot to the left but I was determined to get the shot because the background was so nice with no surf to create distractions. Keeping the horizon level was awkward when I was contorted to the right but I managed to do it on this image although as I moved further right keeping it straight became much more difficult because I had to twist my neck to see through the viewfinder. In the end though, I was very pleased to get this Sanderling to fill the frame with a lovely background and a relatively straight horizon so it was worth the crick in my neck.
Beautiful and outstanding!