Black Bellied Plover

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Photographed last weekend at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, CA. Thanks in advance. JR

Canon 7D, 500F4IS, 1/2500, F6.3, ISO 400, Manual Exposure, Gitzo w/ Mongoose 3.5a

[Harshad Barve]

why half bird , :confused:
sharpness , expo and details looks good
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Techs are good but the clipped tail doesn't work here

[denise ippolito]

John, Beautiful details and pose-not sure I'm sold on the crop-but the lighting looks great and the BG is very pleasing. I might smooth out the transition line of the focused sand to OOF FG a bit.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Yes, the composition - not crop as this is uncropped - is problematic.

JR

[Dave Leroy]

Nice colours and details. Perhaps as a suggestion this mat work as a protrait by cropping out fg, legs and be much tighter. Dave