Black-bellied Plover

[Dorian Anderson]

Got this one out on SF Bay yesterday. Hella stoked with the full upstroke. Black axillaries (armpits) diagnostic
for this species even in this non-breeding plumage, so it's always nice to see those.

This is a heavy crop (25% of original frame), but I think the detail held up well.

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 1DX2
1/4000 at f/5.6, ISO 1000
Processed in LR CC. Nothing cloned. Did a bit of local exposure adjustment on bird's flank. Otherwise just standard sliders.

[William Dickson]

Just a wee bit too much crop Dorian....The bird looks a wee bit softer than your usual IQ...but I do love the flight pose and the blues in the BG.

Will

[Brian Sump]

Dorian, considering a large crop it's pretty decent. Still some detail but certainly quite short of what would be present if the ratio of crop/full were inverse.

The warm lit whites on blue are always nice and no different here.

[annmpacheco]

Beautiful work Dorian, I'd be stoked too! I especially like the axillary feathers... Lovely colors and enough details for me

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Beautiful bird and wing position. Nice Background colors as well


TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

nice wing positions and BG, looks sharp enough to my eye. if anything I'd preferred the bird slightly angled towards

TFS

[John Mack]

Well it looks quite good for the large crop. How many megapixels would this be 5 or 6? Looks very streamlined. I like the blue water background.