Killdeer- After Sundown

[Amol Khedgikar]

I have never been able to get so close to a killdeer . This was after sundown while driving home from work. Just happened to be browsing close to the road.

7D+700, f5.6, ISO 1600, 1/400 . Pop up flash, Handheld.

Added canvas to the left and slight strip to the top. NR and sharpening.

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Comments and Critique requested and appreciated.

Thanks

Amol

[Satish Ranadive]

Amol.
Magnificent image.Very nice color scheme. Love the pose, colors, details, and beautiful composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

Good opportunity, well taken advantage of, Amol.

[John Robinson]

Lovely shot. Can't decide on the bottom left corner somehow. Great looking bird anyway.
JR

[keith mitchell]

Excellent looking bird, I do like the soft pastel coloured BG.

Keith.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely image of the Killdeer. Sharp, with nice colors and bg. Too bad the oof spot on the left foreground occupies such a large part of the frame, but sometimes we can't control that.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely pose, bird and image. The OOF doesn't bother me at all, except I do find the stray grass just a tad distracting. I think you have a slight blue cast in the whites of your bird's chest and maybe a tad bit oversharpened...although not absolutely sure. Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent light pose details. nice low angle, IMO the oof blub in the lower left corner is distracting, in part because I can't tell what it is.

TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot well exposed, the grass tussock is just a little dominant due to it's size, you could consider toning it down a little or even making a mask and repositioning it to make it smaller.