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Avian Image of the Week for the week ending July 13th, 2012: Melissa Groo - Piping Plover Stand-Off
Congratulations Melissa!!!
Canon 1D Mark IV
500mm +1.4x
Skimmer pod
ISO 500
1/800
f/9
Taken during Mike Milicia's wonderful plover/tern workshop in MA last month. There was a small group of adult piping plovers near the water, and some sort of fracas seemed to be underway. These two faced off for a bit. I got a few pics of some more exciting action but alas the sharpness was not there. I liked this as they were both pretty sharp, and I really like how the two outer raised feathers on the crouched plover look like horns. I think the askew feathers on the chest were from previous bouts between these two a few moments before.
Shot on Manual, out of my comfort zone! I learned a lot over the weekend, thanks to Mike's excellent instruction.
Light was starting to get harsh, but I thought this one was salvageable, did some whites recovery and tried to even out tones a bit. This is about a 35% crop.
All critiques and comments greatly appreciated; thank you for looking.
