Black-bellied Plover

[Raymond Lee]

Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, Camrose County, Alberta, Canada
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, 1/1250 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640

Cloned out a few bugs/dots in the water. Cleaned up the water highlights on the bill. I kept the mudflat the way it was shot. I thought my shutterspeed was fast enough, but I guess it wasn't as the right leg had a bit of motion blur as the plover put its leg back after scratching its face.

All C&Cs are welcome!

Thanks,
Raymond

[Randy Stout]

Raymond:

I like his pose, leaning forward with the wing and leg position. The blur of the leg adds to the image for me.

Good shooting angle, exposure, comp.

Cheers

Randy

[jack williamson]

Awesome pose, don't mind the leg blur at all, it adds to the image imo. The exposure and sharpness are great. Well done.

Jack

[Petros Petrou]

Great pose, sharpness and detail. The blurred leg is actually a plus for me. It gives a sense of movement to the picture. The bill looks a bit funky to me. It is nice and clean but it looks like it has two distinct color tones.

Petros

[Frank Schauf]

Great timing, great action.

[Matthew Studebaker]

kind of a comical pose here. makes the bird look like a real character! I could see including more room in front of the bird if you had it in the original

[vishaljadhav]

Nice details, the pose makes it interesting on the eye
on preference i may like less of the OOF foreground and more of the smooth BG in case you have it
the level of the pic is very interesting

[Markus Jais]

Great shot. I like the low angle and the pose. The blur of the leg is a bonus here.

Markus