Big Breakfast

[Frank Schauf]

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Canon EOS 1DX, EF600mm f/4L IS II USM, ƒ/7.1, 1/400s, ISO 800

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[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Frank, like the bird pose with prey. Good capture, POV, DOF and BG tone. If mine I would cut a bit from LS. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[keith mitchell]

Certainly some breakfast Frank ,bird looks good with a nice pose, that BG is stunning and look forward to reading the comments of others. enjoyed this.

Keith.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Super low angle, stunning BG color and bug all add interest. Oh and that raised foot too! Well done Frank.

[William Dickson]

Very nice frame. Lovely details and sharpness on the bird. The 'different' coloured BG blending in with the rest of the image looks cool. Nice one.

Will

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Frank, the BG is what makes this image special and the prey item is a big bonus. Is it just me that I'm thinking the image is just a bit soft? With the 1DX, you certainly could have shot this image at ISO-800 or even ISO-1600 to keep your SS up. Loi

[christopher galeski]

very nice Frank,nice pose ,the breakfast a bonus,prefer bacon and eggs myself,great BG some nice details.TFS.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yes I like it, the background is really unusual and that is a big lugworm I am guessing.

[adrian dancy]

I'm loving the bird and its meal but I swim against the tide of opinion regarding the background. I feel it is too overpowering for a bird that is , relatively speaking, not well lit. The actual capture and exposure etc. are fine.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Frank, lovely low angle, striking colour to the BG, and what a fair size meal the Plover managed.

[Mike Poole]

Bright backgrounds are always tough to work with, but for me, this one works fine, probably due to such strong interest in the main subject with that ridiculously large meal!

TFS

Mike

[Diane Miller]

Dramatic lighting, but I have to vote with Adrian here. I lightened the image (mostly to benefit the bird) and did some reduction in saturation of the BG. It still has the lovely color, to me, without being so overpowering. Working quickly on the JPEG brought out some issues with color ranges, but you can see the idea. Working on the raw would be much better and could preserve the highlights.

[Frank Schauf]

@all, thank you.

Now, I reduces the background color and some more light on the bird.

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