Ringed Plover

Gallery: AvianPosted November 21, 201081 views13 comments

This species has been a bogey bird of mine for quite a while, so I was pleased to find a very confiding Ringed Plover on a recent visit to the north Norfolk coast earlier this month.

Any views on the sharpness of both images would be appreciated, I seem to be struggling with my sharpening technique and thanks for looking.

1/1250th @ f8 +1/3rd iso640 ( Full Frame )

All comments and critique most welcome and thanks for the feedback on my last post, cheers.

Andy...

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13 comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on November 21, 2010 at 8:32 AM

this is lovely Andy the sharpeness looks fine to me and the deatail and colour is lovely especially large

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on November 21, 2010 at 9:09 AM

Sharpness looks spot on to me Andy. Love the little catchlight in it's eye.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on November 21, 2010 at 9:16 AM

Sharpness looks good to me. Fine image-perhaps a little hot on the chest.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 21, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Nice light and composition. Sharpness looks good to me as posted. I agree with Dan about the chest - especially in the larger version.

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 21, 2010 at 11:15 AM

Very nice Andy.
May

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 21, 2010 at 3:14 PM

Beautiful image of this cute bird, Andy.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on November 21, 2010 at 5:22 PM

Thanks for the comments and the feedback re the sharpening.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 21, 2010 at 6:29 PM

What a cute little bird

Sharpening looks fine on both images to me Andy.
Well captured.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 21, 2010 at 9:17 PM

Detail and sharpness are just fine. Lovely image of this bird with nice eye contact and catch light.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on November 22, 2010 at 3:11 AM

Lovely little birds these Alan but I find they are never still and it's nice to get an image like this FF. The bird looks really sharp to me throughout and there is good detail in most of the whites, perhaps the loss of detail in some places is due to the compression of the image for posting and may be present in your original. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 22, 2010 at 4:38 AM

Nice one Andy - the sharpness looks fine to me. Maybe a lower angle would help, but I know that's not always possible

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 22, 2010 at 9:02 AM

Very nice presentation Andy. The upper background defines the bird well and you caught a flattering pose. On my monitor the whitest whites don't look hot, just lacking a bit in detail.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on November 22, 2010 at 9:12 AM

Thanks for the feedback guys

Hi Ron, I noticed the lack of detail also, especially on the body of the plover, the head shows lots of detail and shooting at f8 I would have expected detail throughout the bird

so not sure why this would be.

Andy...

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