I had a bit of time recently to post-process some earlier Fall files, finally. Here's a rather tame young BPP that allowed me to take many nice photos of it back in October. I had posted some fall themed images of this guy back then, but here is a more traditional "at the beach" image.
Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/7.1, ISO 400, +0.3 EC, small crop for comp, some ugly debris bits removed from sand.
Nice capture. I like the low angle of view. Very well exposed. You could maybe remove some canvas to the right I order for the eye not to be at the center of the frame horizontaly. Just a thought.
this is awesome. here in india we run real hard time capturing this beauty at close counter. very shy.
loved the pose and the flat sand part giving great platform to the frame. the waves behind might be a distraction but not that great distraction to grab attention from plover.
Another all-around solid shot from you, Daniel. I like what mitalpatel's saying about the flat sand giving the frame a platform. The waves add and do not subtract or distract; the exposure is true. Where is this beach?
The bird really stands out against the dark water and it lit to perfection. I thought you might have used flash here but it says you didn't.
Small crop..... Half your luck. I struggle on most days to get close to shorebirds with 840mm. Kudos to you :D
Looks like the bird is just out for a stroll and happened to casually glance over at you.
René, it's nice to see you and Joel posting lately:D! As for composition I never look at eye placement within the frame, but rather the body as a whole. Here I've got 4-5 times the amount of space in front of the plover as I do behind, which makes for a pleasing comp IMO. I would, however, take your suggested crop if I was to make a 8 x 10 (4 x 5) aspect ratio. Thanks again!
Craig, this was taken in Ottawa, Canada at a place called "Petrie Island"...a short 5 minute drive from home (or 15 minute bike ride) and quite productive at times...nice to have a place so close!!
Hi Daniel lovely image with great eye contact. I like the way you have captured the detail in the feather pattern. You seem to get amazingly sharp images with your 100-400 what support do you use?
I usually mark in my info that it is handheld (which I do 100% of the time with this lens), I forgot to do so here...so yes handheld again, but lying flat on the ground with elbows braced in the sand for equipment stabilization.
Juvenile Black-bellied Plover.
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