Catch Me If You Can

[Richard Flack]

Three-banded Plover

Location: Kgomo Kgomo, South Africa

Date taken: 08 February 2014
Photo details:
Canon EOS 7D
400mm f2.8
ISO 640
Shutter speed 1/3200
F stop 6.3
Exposure bias 0
NR to BG

[Randy Stout]

Richard:

Good shooting angle, title and composition fits the action well.

Harsh light, but you held the whites pretty well.

I might consider running a multiply blend mode layer to tone down the brightest components of the image a bit.

The repost is done using a multiply layer at 36%. Certainly can adjust to taste.

In a perfect world, would prefer the shoots right behind the lead birds back to not be there.

Cheers

Randy

[douglas hayes]

Lovely action shot with detailed vivid colours. You capture a interesting moment here

[Grace Scalzo]

Great action, and Randy helped you out with a good suggestion. I don't love all that mud on the bottom and would consider a pano crop to get rid of it.

[Randy Stout]

Grace:

I was bothered by the mud below as well, but liked the room for the chase to move into. Perhaps a bit off?

Randy

[Grace Scalzo]

I'd loose it and assume that they ran up the hill.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is a really fun image! Love the detail you got on the front bird, and the far bird is just enough oof and has a wicked pose. You could lose those bits of vegetation growing out of the bird's back, and you got unlucky with a big shadow cast on that mound. All-in-all a memorable scene, I like it lots!!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, excellent detail on the leading plover, and the eye really pops nicely. Randy's multply blending mode layer works well, and I agree, a little off the bottom will only improve the image further. Well captured.