Black-bellied Plover

[Raymond Lee]

Another shorebird that we are now finding quite regularly at Miquelon Lake during fall migration is the Black-bellied Plover. The shoreline and the lake were full of mosquitoes and there was some garbage left by the campers, so I cloned most of them out as much as possible.



Canon EOS 7D | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko 1.4x Teleplus PRO 300 DGX + Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
Manual mode, 1/1200 sec., f/8, ISO 640.

All C&Cs are welcome!

Thanks,
Raymond

[Tim King]

Nice reflection, BG and framing but it lacks the fine detail. The one on your flickr is tack-sharp.

[Raymond Lee]

Nice reflection, BG and framing but it lacks the fine detail. The one on your flickr is tack-sharp.

D'oh, you're right, and I'm also disappointed with the quality with the above photo. I must have forgotten to sharpen after resizing. Here's the repost:



Thanks for pointing it out Tim!

Raymond

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice position. Re-post looks better. I think I would crop it tighter and not include the full reflection.

[Shawn Zierman]

Nice plumage. I like the foraging pose. The reflection is of high enough quality that I
think it is definitely worth including. The repost is much sharper. A consideration would
be to shift the subject slightly to the right in the frame. Nice job getting low and getting
on the light axis.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Raymond, good feeding pose, low shooting angle, and I like clean water. I agree with Shawn, moving back to the right will work, and if you keep the reflection, I would add a touch to the bottom. Repost has turned out so much better.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the placement of the bird as is (left to right), but I would definitely add some canvas below to clear the tail reflection from clipping the edge. Good exposure, details (on the repost), reflection. I like the feeding behaviour too.