sly look little ringed plover

[christopher galeski]

Took this the other morning,on my local river,there was some good light for a change,I just liked how it seemed to give me a sly look,as if to say I know you are there.cannon7d,400mm prime lens,tripod,f6.3,1/2000,iso640,alittle sharpening,small crop,comments good or bad.thanks.

[Ofer Levy]

Another lovely image! Love the eye contact, beautiful light, and the habitat. Maybe some noise reduction on the BG.

[Arthur Morris]

Nicely done with a pleasing COMP, a good EXP, and the perfect look-back head angle. Way to go! I would opt to lose the one bright area behind the bird....

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed, I like the composition, just been capturing images of ringed plovers at Gronant North Wales, the little ringed are not too common around Wirral.

[christopher galeski]

thanks for your comments,you are right Ofer about noisein BG,it looked ok before I posted it.Arthur thanks I missed that,Jonathan,the bit of river I go on,there are 3breeding pairs,thanks again.

[John Guastella]

+1 on above comments. Also, a nice low perspective - really draws the viewer into the bird's environment. There seem to be two catchlights (or maybe one that has been elongated).

May I ask which 400mm you used? The image has excellent detail - I can see tiny blood vessels in the bird's iris!

John