Black-bellied Plover

[Joseph Przybyla]

More beach chair photography, image captured at Ft. Desoto, Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 360 AWB, camera on a Oben monopod with tilt head
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[John Robinson]

Smart looking bird Joe Like the hint of surf in the BG(If thats what it is ) Maybe lift a tad out of the blacks but no bone breaker.
Regards
John

[William Dickson]

Hi Joe, I like the control of the blacks and whites on the bird. Lovely details aswell. Nice tones on the BG. The POV and the HA look good. Nice work.

Will

[Alan Murphy]

Great plumage on this one. Nice image.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

For my taste the bird is a bit close to the LRC, but there is nice light and good detail in the shot. Well done John!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joseph a very nice and clean portrait of this species.
As you have the subject hit by the sun , i would expect the blacks to be a bit more open . Maybe you can extract some more detail from the same .
I am fine with the overall comp and love the FG/BG with the soft color /tone combo .
Good work, keep it up . TFS Andreas

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting and offering suggestions to improve the image, very much appreciated.

Andreas, easy fix, I just opened the shadows and cut back on the black a little. Thanks for suggesting that.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Joseph ..... fixed :5 :wave:

[Joseph Przybyla]

Joseph ..... fixed :5 :wave:

Thank you Andreas...

[David Salem]

Much better!