foraging Masked Lapwing

[Lesley van Loo]

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu104/ltdphoto/maskedlapwing001.jpg?t=1297637560

Made this shot during our holiday in New Zealand lying in the grass.

More new photo's of new zealand are on my website: www.ltdphoto.com (http://www.ltdphoto.com)
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exif:
canon 7D with 500mm F4 and 1.4x extender @ ISO 320, F8, 1/1250

[Jeff Parker]

Good job getting low. I like the body position creating a diagonal. That eye is killer.

[Lesley van Loo]

thank you for your comment Jeff.

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning bird with a great pose and the food in bill is a huge bonus. I would rather see less OOF grass in the FG and more grass in the BG if you have it. I do feel that so much OOF grass in the front is a bit distracting to my eyes and takes away from your stunning subject.

[Gavin Spooner]

A lovely bird well captured.
After reading Marina's comment on the FG grass it seems to make sense.
My solution might be to frame it in the wide screen 16:9 ratio with the bird lower in the frame. By scrolling the image off the page, it looks pretty good.

cheers
gavin

[Lesley van Loo]

thanks for your comments.

with a more panoramic frame it is possible to loose some grass in the foreground, but I think that if I use this framing and lose some grass in the foreground and give some more in the background you loose a bit of the feeling of the low point of view.

I am curious what others think about this.

kind regards
Lesley