This tiny little guy is a juvenile Double-banded Plover I photographer in the Mackenzie Basin of NZ's South Island during my recent trip.
In an attempt to do something different/artistic with this rather drab bird, I opened up to f/4 and put the subject in the corner to create
this exaggerated bokeh. I'm a huge fan of small-in-frame-type shots, but they're really hard to execute well, especially at home in coastal CA
where keeping people/cars/building/roads/poles/powerlines out of wide shots feels impossible. I really envy photographers who are creative
enough to feature negative space, and I am consciously trying to get better at it. Curious what people think about this one.
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II on EOS 1DX Mark II
1/4000 at f/4, ISO 400, hand while on stomach in mud
Processed in LR CC. Did remove a few particularly distracting specular highlights
Cheers!