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These two Greater Sand Plovers were quite content to rest on the rocks while the waves broke behind them. The sea was hardly rough but every couple minutes a small wave would crash behind the birds.
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I used a polariser filter to gain some extra contrast and the images have been sharpened and saturated a little to give some extra colour contrast between the sea, waves and bird.
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EXIF Detail: Aperture Priority. Ap F/9. Shutter 1/200s. ISO 250. -0.7 EV. WB Cloudy.
Great pictures from Cyprus, can't wait to see more. Sue
ReplyDeleteAwesome images Steve
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