Early today I found this guy sweeping his bill back and forth in the shallow water. They work hard, and almost constantly, for food. The crop of 50% and the sharpening, with minor tweaks, was done in LR2, and I ran NR twice in PS Elements. C&C appreciated.
Hi Wendell,
That is a nice shot! Sharp with plenty of good detail in the plumage. The pose is very characteristic and you get the feeling of him moving with the uplifted leg - dynamic pose. Beak looks a bit soft - probably because of the head angle. Nice textures in the water - maybe you could crop a little tighter on the top, even as low as that dark wave across the middle.
Color and exposure looks good. The tip of the bill OOF maybe due to it being out DOF. I would think the SS would have been fast enough to freeze it. Agree little crop of top and maybe add just a little to the bottom.
Agree, looks to be slightly short on the bottom, and abit more than needed, on the top. I think the softer bill, is related to DOF, as 1/1000 should cover the motion.
TFS
Don
hI WENDELL - Bill does look like movement blur to my eyes - remember the closer you are the faster the shutter speed required to freeze movement and vise versa - 1/100th possible not enough if you were close.
Would consider adding a catchlight to the eye.
Keep em coming :)
American Avocet
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