Snowy Plover on the Dune

[Harold Davis]

One from a couple weekends ago. I did some cloning here. I removed several grasses that intersected the breast and one that went right between the legs. also one at the rear of the bird. cleaned several on the frame edges to.

PP wise, i got a question. I tried something new. Applied a 3% NR before applying any sharpening. even to the bird. then applied the sharpening. seemed to bring out better detail in the bird like that. anyone ever do that? cropwise, a little off the top and a sliver of the right for compo. i'd say this is about 85% of the original.

D300, Bigma at 500mm, f/9, 1/1000s, ISO 500, 0EV.

thanks for looking. comments and critiques appreciated.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Never tried the method you have Mentioned Harold. Good job of cloning and I love the BG here. Good pose and HA.

[denise ippolito]

Harold, I loved the one you posted in Avian-This one is sweet too! Nice PP work -might still take a bit off top and right. You are killing with these guys!!!

[Gus Cobos]

You are not alone Doctor,
I do the same thing from time to time depending on the variables I have at hand...:D I like the composition, image and capture...the little guy is placed just right in frame...love the ultra low capture angle...the color rendition and details on your subject are superb...and you did a fine clean up job in the post processing...good show...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Good one MR H - like it a lot - composition is good, nice eye contact and HA Exposure is on the money and the PP work is top notch - big congrats :)

[Alfred Forns]

I like you showing some of the environment Harold and do like the crop idea by Denise !!!

PS work looks good ... don't really understand the question ... last thing I always do is sharpening?

[Oscar Zangroniz]

H:
Like it the way you presented it. Excellent Bg and a heck of pp work.
Regards,

[Harold Davis]

PS work looks good ... don't really understand the question ... last thing I always do is sharpening?

the NR was applied to the bird also and left on it. i find it actually helps sometimes. otherwise, when i sharpened the bird it would look all noisy and not very good. with the NR on the bird, it takes a heavy sharpening with no problem. BUT not on all images, just certain ones.