Lights First Beam

[Chris Elliott]

Just as the sun peaked this morning, I was lucky to have this Black Bellied Plover standing in front of me.

5D
500mm w.1.4 TC
ISO 1250
f 5.6
1/320

As always, comments and critiques welcomed.


Thanks for looking.


Chris

[Colin Driscoll]

Chris you surely have these early morning shots down to a fine art. Love this one. My only nit is a soft disc of light artifact above the back of the birds head.

[Eric Dienesch]

The soft light, the short distance and the perspective are indeed very nice.
i like it very much like it is, for me nothing to critizise

[keith mitchell]

To my eyes this is excellent,of course the beautiful soft morning glow of light,nice detail and pose of the bird it's got it all for me.

Keith.

[Mike Hitchen]

This is an excellent combination of viewpoint, focussing and lighting.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light on this plover, with a terrific POV. The "soft disc" also caught my eye - a specular highlight, I guess. An interesting touch, but a little distracting.

[Mike Poole]

Stunning light, and a great pose, especially with the low shooting angle.

The OOF specular highlight is a bit distracting, and i'd probably have tried to clone it out, but not a massive issue by any means.

I'd be happy with this in my files.

Mike

[Satish Ranadive]

This is fantastic image. (Thumbnail doesn't give justice to the image.).
Wonderful lights, very nice pose and colors.

Regards,
Satish.

[Chris Elliott]

Thank you to everyone that commented on my post. Yes the specular highlight is there and can be distracting if allowed. If my processing skills where better I might try to remove it, but given my poor skills it shall unfortunately stay.


Chris