Black-bellied Plover

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm +1.4 ex.
1/100 sec. at f/5.6
ISO 400
Tripod
approx. 20 minutes after sunrise.

I added canvas to the bottom. I didn't clip the feet but I had to add room at the bottom-Does it look ok? If not where and why -please Thankyou I appreciate the feedback.:)

[Mital Patel]

thats just perfect to work with. expo is jst bang on really tuff situation to handle as everywhere white.. you done it fantastic. congrats.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Denise, there's two ways of looking at the bottom of the image.

a) leave your added canvas as is - it gives a DOF effect.

b) clone in the sand over the area you added, as I have done. Make sure you dont copy or repeat areas. In hindsight, I should have maybe added a tad more to the bottom. Apologies went over your signature.

I like the soft light, and overall, pretty sharp detail. Love the pastel colours of the BG too.

[David Fletcher]

Love your shots Denise. My first thought was to blend a slither at about 50% opacity so as not to make the oof so defined... (sounds sort of contradictory that does, :D), but hope you know what I mean. Fabulous shot either way.

[Fabs Forns]

We got luckier with feet here :)
I like Stu's version repeating the sand pattern rather than the OOF sand.
You could try and warm up the temp a bit?

[denise ippolito]

Thanks guys and Fabs for the suggestions. I tried to incorporate all of your suggestions. I added a tiny bit of canvas and cloned in more sand-I also tried to blend the area as suggested by David. I also warmed it up a bit.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Denise...liked your last repost the most. You are really good at this kind of shooting. Hats off. A very very pretty image.

KD

[ChasMcRae]

I like repost with slight warming of bird.
Also this ground level type shot is great .

[Gail Spitler]

Like your final repost a lot. That little bit of warming really added punch
Cheers
Gail

[Harshad Barve]

another wonderful image Denise , your last repost rocks
TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice and healthy looking shorebird Denise.

Your repost looks better to me but I still prefer Stuart's foreground.
BG is great.

[Jamie Douglas]

I really enjoy your posts Denise. The colours in this photo are fantastic and although at first my eyes were not immediately drawn to the foreground I do find it distracting now I notice it and I like what Stuart did with cloning the sand. These little guys are very photogenic and this photo makes me eager to improve my own technique and abilities.

[Dan Brown]

Great belly crawlin shot Denise! Your repost rocks but I wasn't complaining about the original either!

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all for taking the time to comment.Much appreciated.

[Ilija Dukovski]

The repost is just right. I love the look on the bird and the foot position,
as if the bird is sneaking up on you. Very nice image...

[Raymond Barlow]

your last post is right on, beautiful shot Denise

[denise ippolito]

Ilija and Raymond, Thankyou both for looking in. I appreciate it very much.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great repost deniseji, loved the angle, looks like a painting. nice details and pose too.. the repost works well, congrats...

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou Kiran, I appreciate it.

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful shot Denise I love the pose colors and detail the Plover really looks nice against that bg.

[denise ippolito]

James, Thankyou very much for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.