Black-bellied Plover

[Troy Lim]

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Taken few weekends ago. Hope you like it.

Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 1000 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[Ofer Levy]

Nice low angle, looks sharp to me although maybe a tiny bit more selective sharpening on the face won't hurt. Maybe some boost in colour saturation.

[Sid Garige]

I know that guy. Excellent exposure Troy. Very nice.

[Troy Lim]

I know that guy. Excellent exposure Troy. Very nice.

I am probably going back to visit this guy again next weekend, unless you are coming up to Ft. Desoto hahaha.

[arash_hazeghi]

great shot Troy, hopefully we will get to meet next time.

[Troy Lim]

great shot Troy, hopefully we will get to meet next time.

Yeah, glad you and Doug had a great time.
Hope you get a hold of a telephoto soon.

[Simon Bennett]

Great low angle and nice work with exposure.

[Alan Murphy]

Nice low angle image.

[Humberto Ramos]

A great capture, agree with comments above, IMO Ofer is right about sharpen...

[Marina Scarr]

Nice angle here which shows off the bird very well. This capture does not appear sharp to my eyes, and I agree on boosting the SAT just a tad.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Troy, low angle, HA and the florida white sand and blue color make this one for me. Subject is very well placed. Elegant pose with the bent leg.

Yes, to one round of USM on the bird. Color sat looks good to me...but take word of photogs from Sydney and Tampa over mine :-) I am just not used to seeing that kind of water color :-)

[Troy Lim]

Thank you all.
I am not sure if it is just me. It seems like that I need to apply a lot more sharpening on the shore birds like these than the others.

[Enrique Patino]

I agree. A bit more sharpening would help. I like the low angle. Nice bird

[Don Lacy]

Thank you all.
I am not sure if it is just me. It seems like that I need to apply a lot more sharpening on the shore birds like these than the others.
They usually have finer feather detail and need a little bit different sharpening values in both radius and amount. Really nice pose and I like how you placed him against the water with the white beach.

[Troy Lim]

Nice angle here which shows off the bird very well. This capture does not appear sharp to my eyes, and I agree on boosting the SAT just a tad.

This is the 100% crop off the original Raw converted to jpg, untouched!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5691586973_a2b103c9f3_b.jpg

[Troy Lim]

They usually have finer feather detail and need a little bit different sharpening values in both radius and amount. Really nice pose and I like how you placed him against the water with the white beach.

Thank you Don.

[Troy Lim]

I re-edited based on the USM and Saturation suggestions.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5692181960_ee5b9c7396_b.jpg

[Kiran Poonacha]

Cool brother, great angle and the repost works well..