Piping plover

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Nickerson Beach NY. I found Piping plover with chick at the Entrance to the Beach.

I was crawling with my camera on Mongoose attached to Ground Pod.


It was cloudy with little bit of rain as well.

I had my Flash with Better Beamer on.


Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 600 f/4 + 1.4 x TCIII
1/400 sec; f/9; ISO 1600
Manual; Matrix metering
Fill Flash




Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P
No Cropping
Image Rotation
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Minimal Sharpening for Presentation
Cloned Few out of Focus Elements on the Beach.


I an extremely happy that I got this image during the trip.

Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[Dorian Anderson]

Good looking flash work; image would have been totally flat without it. Details, sharpness, and exposure look really good across the bird, but he is really tight in the
frame. I would loosen the crop if possible. A bit of action - even a raised foot - would have helped, but there's nothing you can do about that now.

[gail bisson]

Good solid image of the plover.
I shoot these guys a lot and have never thought about using fill flash on dull days- something to think about!
Nice low POV .
I would clone out the 2 drops on top of tail. They don't really add anything to the image .
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

A fine looking shot Krishna, good use of flash too, rather surprised you needed NR. Colours and details look very good.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

A fine looking shot Krishna, good use of flash too, rather surprised you needed NR. Colours and details look very good.

Noise Reduction is not needed. I applied a tiny bit on the background just in case

[Arthur Morris]

A well-done image all around of a ratty adult.

with love, artie

[John Mack]

Looks good on all accounts. Nice pose and compsoition with good detail.

[Jesse Helton]

Nice image. I like the your use of the the flash on this image. I know leg bands are important for research and management, but I like that it is not banded. The majority of the ones I see are.