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Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria

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Posted by Daniel Read on April 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
One from last Thursday, on a walk in the Brecon Beacons. There was a small flock of these golden plover near some small pools in an area of moorland. The image had to be cropped to remove some scrub from the top of the image, and a lot of out of focus grass below. I'm not sure how well it works, so opinions would be appreciated.

Nikon D50
Sigma 70-300mm APO @ 300mm
1/1000
f/5.6

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Craig Nash on April 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM
I think its a good environment shot.
Posted by Brian McGeough on April 12, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Nice to see the birds in summer plumage :toast:

Cheers
Brian
Posted by Alan Woolnough on April 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Agree with Craig & Brian,

I would crop the three right-hand birds, and be tempted to clone the single oof bird, near the middle bottom of the shot, as he does pull my eye slightly {depends if you feel that is a step too far though}

:toast:

Alan
Posted by John Robinson on April 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Good habitat and bird shot.Like the pan crop too.
JohnR
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM


Nice shot Daniel , agree re the pano crop too.

Andy...
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 13, 2008 at 7:02 AM
Hi Daniel,

Lovely enviro shot!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on April 13, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Nice! I would crop even further from top and bottom.
Posted by Daniel Read on April 13, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone. I agree that a bit of cloning could tidy the image up a bit. I'm never too sure as to what amounts as 'acceptable' cloning in wildlife photos..