I captured this image at a beach on Alligator Point, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV+2/3 ISO 450 Eyedrop picker for WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I think the composition is bang on. I'm often a big supporter of the use of dead spaces in images if it used correctly. I like the minimalism in this. The lines and shades in the sand are beautiful!
The pose and the prey it got is obviously very nice. Light is also good but seems like it is comming from the side so that the rump of the bird is sunlit and the face is a bit more in the shadow. Also think there is a bit of a yellow/greenish color cast. Might be worth adjusting the yellow in selective color so that the warm light looks more natural.
I too like the comp here, and I love the warm light. Prey item is cool. I do feel that he plover's face looks soft as posted though (wing and tail looking sharper) - perhaps due to the tugging motion.
I think the composition is bang on. I'm often a big supporter of the use of dead spaces in images if it used correctly. I like the minimalism in this. The lines and shades in the sand are beautiful!
The pose and the prey it got is obviously very nice. Light is also good but seems like it is comming from the side so that the rump of the bird is sunlit and the face is a bit more in the shadow. Also think there is a bit of a yellow/greenish color cast. Might be worth adjusting the yellow in selective color so that the warm light looks more natural.
Hi Ivan, thank you for viewing and commenting. The off colors you are seeing happened when I converted the 16 bit TIFF to an 8 bit JPEG. The master file and the TiFF look fine. Thanks again for commenting.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams