Snowy Plover

[Ian Cassell]

Oceano Dunes, CA
Canon 7D2 Canon 100-400 II + 1.4x @ 560mm
ISO 800
f/9 @ 1/3200 sec

[dankearl]

Nice low angle.. you have quite a bit of BG noise for iso800? Should be able to smooth it out with some NR.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat pose you got here, small plovers are fun that way aren't they!. Raised foot adds a lot. Good low angle. I agree about the noise...is this a big crop by any chance? I also find the colour (or lack of) a bit odd - was this intentional desaturation?

[Ian Cassell]

Neat pose you got here, small plovers are fun that way aren't they!. Raised foot adds a lot. Good low angle. I agree about the noise...is this a big crop by any chance? I also find the colour (or lack of) a bit odd - was this intentional desaturation?Thanks folks. I will go back and rework NR. Daniel it's near full frame and colo(u)r is pretty accurate.

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[Arthur Morris]

Love the wing stretch and all the angles. The chicken pox BKGR? Not so much. Ran Topaz DeNoise/Low Light on Auto on the whole image and cleaned up the upper BKGR with Patch Tool and Content-Aware Fill. Used Divide and Conquer to eliminate the dark spot against the raised wing. All of the clean-up stuff is in Digital Basics II. (https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-birds-as-art-current-workflow-e-guide-digital-basics-ii/)

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[Arthur Morris]

ps: the WHITEs are much too dark atRGB < 220 ...

with love, a

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Ian, I like the capture, but overall it just seems very flat/colour. Was the image under exposed to generate so much noise? The clean up is an improvement.

I wasn't there Ian, but just bring some life back in with a change to the: WB, Colour balance and sone simple White, HL tweaks starts to help IMHO.

TFS
Steve

[John Mack]

Cool pose on the plover. Yes, to some more below.