Little Ringed Plover

[Adithya UN]

Made this image with my new equipment.

EXIF:
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1/600
Lens: Canon 300mm F2.8
Teleconvertor: Canon 2X
Camera: canon 40D

thanks for watching. Comments and critics are welcome.

Thanks,

[Randy Stout]

ADithya:

Lovely colors with the bits of grass adding a little variety, fine head position, pretty sharp (the wing may be just a bit sharper than the eye).

I might crop down just a bit from the top.

I think the one thing that holds it back a bit is the eye. Without a catchlight or reflection, it looks rather "dead".

You might be able to lighten it in post, and if that doesn't help, consider adding a modest catchlight.

Thanks for sharing. Glad you are enjoying your new gear.

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the details, angle, soft light and setting. You could try a tighter crop and as Randy suggested, lighten the eye.

[Dave Leroy]

Nice composition ADithya. I like the head angle and position of bird in frame. Nice and close to ground also. A tighter crop would bring out more of the bird and like the idea about lightening up the eye.
Dave

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice image and bird. Agree with others
and I think you could saturate the yellow ring a bit more.
It is such a central point of interest it can get a bit more
strong color.