Semipalmated Plover

[Joe Brown]

Taken last fall at Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick, Canada.
5D Mark II, 300 2.8, 1.4TC, f5.6, 1/2500, iso 400,
cropped, dodged and burned areas to bring out detail around eye and tone down white areas, removed some oof distracting rocks in bg.

C&C welcome
Joe

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the head angle and walking pose in this one. Since the reflection does not look so great, I would crop it as a horizontal and it looks as if it needs a bit CCW rotation. If it were mine I would remove some of the dark spots in the BG.

[Joe Brown]

Thanks Axel for the suggestions.
How's this version?

Joe

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost looks better. I would probably crop a bit more off top and bottom where the reflection of the legs ends.

[Joe Brown]

OK one more try.
Thanks for staying with me on this Axel.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The crop in this version looks good to me.

[Peter Farrell]

I like your final re-post the best. The bird looks great. Maybe clean up the dark spots in the BG.
Happy New Year
Peter