Killdeer on Mudflats

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Bosque Del Apache NM.

In Utah we have killdeer quite common but they are quite skittish. They never allowed me to come close even when I was crawling in the Mud, so I was very happy with this image. This was taken from car.

I would love to photograph them in Utah at eye level. Hopefully I have little success this year.

Nikon D500, 500 f/4 + 1.4x TCIII
1/640 sec; f/5.6; ISO 1250
Manual; Matrix metering

Post Processing:-
Raw Processing using C1P
Nik 30-30 Filter at reduced opacity
Mud Clean up in PS6, Sharpening for Presentation


Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and details, like the soft light the BG and the mud are distracting, wish feet were visible

TFS

[Mike Poole]

Not too far off eye level to be a problem for me - the long focal length has helped here. I don't mind the mud as its the natural environment but I would like it to have been framed a little looser

Mike

[Raybel Robles]

Great details but the crop is too tight. Although the mud don't give it a nice look to the image it is a natural setting.

[Arthur Morris]

A little more room around would be fine with me. Like the soft light and especially the fact that the head did not merge with the stuff at the top of the frame.

with love, artie

[John Mack]

Details look good and the bird is nice and sharp. This birds are hard to get around where i live too.

[William Dickson]

The crop has been mentioned ...I like the pose you captured with a nice HA.

Will

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you all for the comments.

This is uncropped image. I was not able to move away from the bird as I was shooting from car near the main pond and could not reposition with out blocking the road.

There were 2 places where mud spots were intersecting the bird. One near the Head and one at the end of Tail.

I cloned then out.

Thanks
Krishna

[Isaac Grant]

Nice details and pose but for me this image does not work. It is too dull, the shooting angle is too steep and the foreground and the background are a bit ugly as they are just dark mud. Getting down to eye level on these shorebird shots makes all the difference as does being perfectly on the sun angle.

[Dorian Anderson]

The soft light on the bird looks good, but the angle need to be lower to make this pop a bit more. The mud is a bit of a distraction as is. Shooting shorebird from a car is tough. Hopefully you'll get another crack a this bird!