Ringed Plover

[nick clayton]

Toft Newton Reservoir, Lincolnshire, UK. 05/09/14

Canon 7D
Canon EF 600mm f4 II USM Lens

1/640 @ f5
+1 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 800
Pattern

RAW converted in Canon DPP

Levels
Saturation
Selective Color
Nik Software - Dfine 2.0 noise reduction - background only. Color Efex Pro 4 - Tonal Contrast - subject only
Photoshop USM

[keith mitchell]

Hi Nick, good to see you posting, you have got some excellent close up detail on the bird and a very nice BG.

Cheers Keith.

[Ian Wilson]

A pleasant image Nick, excellent detail where it counts. I think a little looser crop might be helpful but still a fine image. Cheers, Ian

[Daniel Cadieux]

Talk about beautiful colours for the BG!! I like the fact one of the feet is raised and showing. Super sharp with tons of detail. Borderline tight so if you have a bit more room left and above that would be a good option, especially with those gorgeous colours.

[Graeme Cox]

Lovely little plover, I have a real soft spot for plovers, you have really captured its beauty in this image..

[nick clayton]

Thanks for all the comments. Ian and Daniel I take on board your comments regarding a looser crop and leaving more room on the left and above. Because the first thing I do is crop when processing an image I have reprocessed from scratch. A couple of other things I did when processing which I didn't mention before is clone a couple of small distractions from the foreground and the birds leg, I also did a levels white point correction sampling from the white on the neck, this warmed the image. Other than losing a bit when levelling this is the full frame.

[Tom van den Brandt]

Love this one Nick, great sharpness and detail and an amazing BG. Such beautiful colours.
I like the second one with more room even better great job.

Cheers, Tom

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Top Notch Nick! I'd go between the OP and the RP in terms of crop. Detail is great throughout. Well executed

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looser crop rocks, thanks for reposting it!

[William Dickson]

Yes Nick, very lovely image Well done

[nick clayton]

Thanks a lot for all your critique and comments. I must admit I prefer the repost and in future will try and back off cropping to tightly.

[Diane Miller]

What beautiful detail and tonalities! And lovely bird and pose! I do like the extra room.

[nick clayton]

Thanks Diane

[Greg Oakley]

Beautifully done Nick - awesome image with excellent techs, details and stunning colours

[nick clayton]

Thanks Greg