Semi-Palmated Plover After the Bath Wing Flap

[gail bisson]

Taken locally last week at Big Glace Bay Bird Sanctuary at ~ 6:30PM
Canon 1 DX 600mm II and 1.4 x
SS 1/2500 F 5.6
ISO 800
PP: Crop to 65% FF, cloned out 2 black specs in the water to left of plover, usual LR5 sliders ( whites, blacks,clarity and saturation) then off to CS5 to do NR on the BG and USM to JPEG.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Gail:

Excellent pose, really like the separation of the primaries, pov, soft background and comp. The yellow/oranges play well with the blues.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, lovely low shooting angle, and you captured the wing display perfectly. I do like the soft light, and overall well exposed. Killer BG.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I think with shots like this a more centered comp is fine.
I absolutely love it Gail! Beautiful soft light and details.
Really nicely done!
TFS

[Karl Egressy]

It is always nice to catch them flapping their wings. Excellent POV and IQ, Gail. Good choice of shutter speed.

[John Robinson]

Delightful little wader shot Gail. You caught the typical wader stretch too. been watching Snipe and Sanpipers do it all week.
very nice.
John

[nick clayton]

Nice low angle and good light plus a great undistracting background. But it's those out stretched wings that make for a killer image Gail

[Bill Dix]

Great wing flap, excellent POV and techs. Nicely done, Gail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Oh yeah, very angelic. I like pretty much everything about the image...nicely executed.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice low angle, great symmetry of the flapping wings and nice colors. Very nice.