I had the pleasure to photograph a small flock of Dunlins this past week, one of my favorite shorebird species. This one was associating with a young Black-bellied Plover, a much larger shorebird as you can see here. Anywhere the plover went, so did this Dunlin...
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, more than FF (I doubled the space above the plover's tail feathers and added some at right to retain the ratio), darkened the pupil, enhanced the reflection in the eye, removed a couple of distracting darker blotches in the FG.
Good detail on the dunlin but I have reservations over the OOF foreground - a bit too much and I am not convinced of the value of the plover. One of those moments where you might wish for a higher viewing angle then the feet would possibly have been better visualised..
I like the image. I do agree that the OOF foreground is a problem....I've never liked these type of OOF foregrounds as to me they seem distracting. However, I do like the inclusion of the second much larger species in this shot. Shows the difference in size nicely.
I like the composition of this photo. The Black-bellied Plover seems like a giant! You may consider to dodge the foreground if it seems distracting in this shot.
TFS
Ross
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback! While I am OK with the FG, I do see where you are coming from about it and understand fully. The BG plover, however, I love to bits .
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Dunlin and a Black-bellied Plover Looming Large.
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