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    I made this image in Nickerson Beach NY. I found Piping plover with chick at the Entrance to the Beach.

    I was crawling with my camera on Mongoose attached to Ground Pod.


    It was cloudy with little bit of rain as well.

    I had my Flash with Better Beamer on.


    Camera Settings:-
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    Nikon D850 600 f/4 + 1.4 x TCIII
    1/400 sec; f/9; ISO 1600
    Manual; Matrix metering
    Fill Flash




    Post Processing:-
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    Raw Processing using C1P
    No Cropping
    Image Rotation
    Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
    Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
    Neat Image NR
    Minimal Sharpening for Presentation
    Cloned Few out of Focus Elements on the Beach.


    I an extremely happy that I got this image during the trip.

    Let me know your thoughts and comments.


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    Krishna

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    Good looking flash work; image would have been totally flat without it. Details, sharpness, and exposure look really good across the bird, but he is really tight in the
    frame. I would loosen the crop if possible. A bit of action - even a raised foot - would have helped, but there's nothing you can do about that now.

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    Good solid image of the plover.
    I shoot these guys a lot and have never thought about using fill flash on dull days- something to think about!
    Nice low POV .
    I would clone out the 2 drops on top of tail. They don't really add anything to the image .
    Gail

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    A fine looking shot Krishna, good use of flash too, rather surprised you needed NR. Colours and details look very good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    A fine looking shot Krishna, good use of flash too, rather surprised you needed NR. Colours and details look very good.
    Noise Reduction is not needed. I applied a tiny bit on the background just in case

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    A well-done image all around of a ratty adult.

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    Looks good on all accounts. Nice pose and compsoition with good detail.

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    Nice image. I like the your use of the the flash on this image. I know leg bands are important for research and management, but I like that it is not banded. The majority of the ones I see are.

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