Nesting Killdeer

[Brian Sump]

This one is amongst a few that nest on an island I like to shoot at. Presumably it's a female incubating as there were others and some hatchlings roaming more freely (baby posted soon).

I chose this crop because it best represents how I remember it tucked down seemingly to hide from predators.

D850
600mm + TC-14e
HH
ISO 1000
1/3200
f5.6

Contrast, shadows, highlights and mild sharpen in C1P. Cleaned up a bit of bkg and foreground and small part of bird in PS and final sharpen only 25/.3.