Juvenile Semipalmated Plover

[Ross Taylor]

This photo was taken Presqu’ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Skies were heavily overcast.


My Canon EOS 7D mkII and EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens, were mounted on a small beanbag on the ground. Settings were f/6.7, 1/1000s, ISO 1250, 400mm. Shot RAW and processed in Lightroom.


Cropped to 85% frame width for composition. Cloned out a few distracting leaves, and darker areas in the background. Brought up the shadows in the eye. To the background I applied NR and decreased contrast & saturation.


I very much welcome and learn from your critiques - Thanks for having a look!


Ross

[gail bisson]

Hi Ross,
Wonderful diffuse soft light.Great POV.
Since you have already cloned stuff I say 'keep on going" and prune back the stem with the flowers away from the face.
The green BG is beautiful,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Man, if it was not for the stem extending to the face area of the plover (plus the leaves touching the head) this would have been perfect. I love the marching pose, and the vegetation is very appealing. Nice soft greens too.

[Ross Taylor]

Thank you very much for your ideas Gail and Daniel. I tried them out, and feel it is an improvement, and learned a bit more about composition and processing as well :)

Here is my repost :)

Ross

[gail bisson]

Repost looks great. Good PP here!
Gail