Killdeer Portrait

[Joel Eade]

1D MKIV
500mm + 1.4 TC Hand Held from vehicle
Manual mode
Evaluative metering
ISO 800
f/5.6
1/1600

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous portrait.Love the eye details and colors.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice portrait, good light and eye contact. BG is a bit distracting in particular I'd clone out the OOF grass right above the forehead.

[jack williamson]

Very nice exp. and detail. Good BG suggestions by Arash.

Jack

[Daniel Cadieux]

I have a tough time approaching this species so I appreciate the closeup view! Nice detaila and exposure, and the square crop works well here. I agree with the removal of the brighter grass touching the forehead, I would also darken the iris a bit as it seems rather light (especially the ottom half). Good stuff!