Ringed Plover

[Simon Wantling]

One from a recent trip. I was probably within 5 - 6 meters of this bird, but being small, I did had to crop the image. I hope I've done it justice.
As always, I'm eager to learn and improve, so comments are always welcomed.
7D, 100-400mm @400mm, ISO400, 1/1000, f5.6

[Joe Senzatimore]

Looks like it held up well. Might take a bit more off the left and right sides. Great DOF. I'm loving the details in the bird and the stones. A sliver off the bottom might help as well , as the oof stones tend to draw the eye away from the main subject. You have the right idea. Just needs to be tweeked. Stay with it.

[Richard Unsworth]

Very nice Simon, good suggestion above, dont know how flat you were, can see the beach sloped away.
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[Simon Wantling]

Thanks for the comments and the suggestion regarding the crop. I'll look back at the raw file again.

Richard: yes the beach was sloping away. This was taken at Blakeney Point, so the shingle just dropped away.

Thanks again.

Simon