Semipalmated Plover in the fog

[Charles Daigle]

Early Saturday morning was quite foggy, but made for some nicely saturated colors on the beach!

7D, 300/2.8IS, 2Xii, f8, 1/400, ISO800 +0.7eV

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c153/lowa2/Photos%20after%202010-10-09/semiploverpose.jpg

[PhilCook]

Despite the slightly hazy look, very slightly, this looks very good, detail is showing nicely, liking the side on profile and the varied colored stones make for a nice setting. Possibly compositionally it may be slightly better with a little more space on the left, but personal preferences have a lot to do with that I feel.

Looks almost identical to what we call a Red-capped plover over here in Oz.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed.

[Ofer Levy]

Nice and sharp. Looks a bit over-saturated. (I am not sure I understand how foggy conditions cause over-saturation. From my experience such conditions can cause lower contrast.)

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose and sharp details a bit head turn towards us would have been ideal

[Charles Daigle]

Thanks so much fellas. I really didn't expect such little criticism. I will try desaturating the image a tad.

Ofer, I usually find that when the sun is shining but is obstructed by fog leads to nicely saturated colors with no hot spots. Any lack in contrast in added in PP :-D