Juvenile Spotted sandpiper

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in a beach near Utah Lake.

A little bit off sun angle. I was on my belly, crawling through gravel to get close to these guys.

I was initially on sun angle but this little guy climbed the rock while foraging which was to my left and I did not have time to move so I waited for him to turn a little towards me.



Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D500, 600 f/4 +1.4x TCIII
1/4000 sec; f/8; ISO 1600
Manual; Matrix metering




Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P
Cropped from top left to level image.
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Dodge selectively
Cloned few spots on the foreground.




Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna