Piping Plover chick

[allanrube]

I was out on the beach early this morning hoping to find a chick or two. I saw a friend's jeep but did not see him on the beach. I shot images of adults but did not find a chick. About two hours later I tried another section of the beach and saw 3 chicks scampering around. By then the light was harsh but I shot what was in front of me. This was horizontally and I cropped a bit off the top and bottom and then narrowed it to try to show "little chick in big world."

D800 with 600VR and 1.4tc. 1/000 at 5.6 - iso 250.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Very chute, love the low angle and vertical comp work nicely TFS

[Maya Raut]

Nice shot of this cute bird. I liked the Exposure, details ,BG and low angle. Well done.

[rajandesai]

Love the low angle. Nice head on look. Good job in getting a clean background.
Was it at the Sandy Beach?

[Morkel Erasmus]

very cute - love the space you left on top

[Rachel Hollander]

Nice low pov and I like the comp too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Gary Esman]

Very cool shot, you accomplished what you set out to do.

Gary.

[Lorant Voros]

The extra space on the top works well here IMO. It reflects how small and vulnerable the little bird is.

[Bill Dix]

Very nice, Allan. The white fluffball stands out nicely against the bg, and the comp works well for me. I'm sure this happened to all of us - it did to me the other day - wasting the best hours of good light searching for your target only to find it after the light got harsh. But you managed to get your shot.

[allanrube]

I looked at the image and almost did not see this crop.

[Marina Scarr]

What an adorable puff ball, and I really like the vertical comp here. I do feel however that you have a too much space on the top, making the photo look elongated. Since this was originally a horizontal, I think I would put the chick a tad to one side or the other with the exact same amount of space on the bottom and a little off the top. Your other choice would be a similar horizontal. It would be fun to have one of each. Whites look a tad hot, but that's an easy fix b/c they're not crawling too far up the right side.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the crop as is, but as Marina points out there are other options too that could be fun to explore. Harsh light, and a an odd circle directly beside the subject are to things that I would tame in post.

[allanrube]

Here is a repost. Sorry it took so long. I did adjust the crop, get rid of a patch of poor cloning, and reduced highlights.

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