Lapwing

[nick clayton]

Toft Newton Reservoir, Lincolnshire, UK. 01/05/13

Canon 7D
Canon 300mm f.2.8 II + 2x III extender
1/1000 @ f5.6
+1 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 400
Pattern

Levels
Saturation
Selective Color
Nik Software color Efex Pro 4 - Tonal contrast @ 50% - subject only, Dfine 2.0 - background only
Photoshop USM on subject only

[dankearl]

Another beauty Nick.
Outstanding colors and BG.
Just a nitpick but
Your DOF seems pretty narrow for the lens combo.
The feet and Tail feathers look to be in the same plane but are oof?

[Allen Sparks]

Love the low angle - beautiful image of this gorgeous subject. Seems all is well focused except the legs and lower tail feathers - maybe a higher f stop would have helped but this is still an outstanding image.

[Marina Scarr]

Wow, Nick, this is one impressive bird and image. Super exposure and details. Love your low angle which gave you a great BG. The raised crown and HA are super!

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful image of lapwing with fluffy feathers,beautiful colors and crest.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[MohsenVahedipour]

I like feathers detail, shooting angle & HA. Very well exposed.

[Don Nelson]

Excellent capture of the iridescent feathers on this bird. Excellent pose, and good use of depth of field to separate the bird from the foreground/background. Well done!

[David Salem]

Nice capture Nick. The raised crest looks great and the feather color and detail look great, Nice work

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful Nick. The fluffy look is great and I really like how you captured the bird in the dip of the san and the raised crest feathers

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the ruffled feathers, crest, low angle and details. Well done Nick.

[jack williamson]

Splendid image, love the hairdo and the iridescence in the feathers. The BG is great.

[nick clayton]

Thank you all for the comments. Dan and Allen I think the feathers at the back of the bird are blurred due to movement because the bird was constantly re-adjusting itself, if this is the case it was best that I used the lens wide open to get the fastest shutter speed, but thanks for your comments it is appreciated.