Motif: Black bellied plover with seaweed

[Gene Herzberg]

another one of my shorebirds taken at Bellevue Beach Newfoundland.
Sony a700, sigma 500mm f4.5 lens at 5.6, iso 400 1/4000 s

[Cheryl Flory]

I really like the behavior in this image! On my monitor the seaweed looks dark, can you open it up some with shadows/highlights? While there in shadows/highlights, see if the white spont in the front of the bird can be toned down a bit, at least on my monitor it looks a bit hot. I would also try some CCW rotation. Again, I really like the behavior in this image.

[Jill Davis]

Love the colors in this picture. Nicely done.

[Gus Cobos]

Gene, nice composition, image and capture..I like it as presented...good show...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Agree with the comments

John .... I'm trying to figure out how you are finding so much sun over there ... all I had was fog !!! btw if you catch the bird more sideways will make for a stronger image !!!

[Gene Herzberg]

repost with rotation and shadow highlight adjustments as suggested.

Alfred: June was RDF (local shorthand for rain, drizzle and fog) July was sunny and warm, August was cool and RDF. So far, September has been sunny and warm.

Gene

[Desmond Chan]

Gene, I think you've rotated the image a tad too much. Now the ripples don't look right. A cute moment of the bird though.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gene - Well done I like it - the repost is rotated too much though.

:)

[Gene Herzberg]

rotated back to between the previous two.

Gene