American Golden-plover

[Ignacio Yufera]

American Golden-plover performing part of its "broken-wing" routine near its nest; Nunavut, Canada, last July.

Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 800 f/5.6, 1/500 @ f/6.3, ISO 640.

[Melissa Groo]

Wow, stunning wing up position, Ignacio. Beautiful complementary colors of bird and background. Nice and sharp and good call on the vertical. Wish to see a bit more details in the blacks but maybe they weren't even visible to the naked eye? Otherwise great detail and IQ. Are there some out of focus grasses in front? I would try to darken that one area on lowest part of belly where it looks as if the grass has overlapped, if you're ok with that.

[Richard Unsworth]

Super wing position, great details and such a lovely species. I have not seen a golden in summer plumage, but did see the Grey Plovers in it in Portugal.
Whites do look a little hot on my desktop,
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[Miguel Palaviccini]

Ignacio, this is beautiful! I would add a bit to the top (and a bit to the left if you want to keep the same aspect ratio). Otherwise, stunning!

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. I really like the pose, great wing position, excellent shooting angle, and great background.
Well done.

[Dave Leroy]

A real dandy shot. Details, colors and contrast in the wings are awesome. A bit more detail in blacks would be very nice if possible.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful wing position with great detail. I would like to see it with a little more room.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful pose, great detail. I could see just a little more room around him, and second Melissa's comment about the grass area on the belly. Still, a marvelous shot of a bird that I would love to see in this plumage.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.Love the excellent pose with very nice wing position.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ignacio Yufera]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. This is practically full frame - during this kind of display, meant to lure predators away from the nest, the birds sometimes get very close... Needed lots of care to get the whole wing!

[christopher galeski]

excellent image,its all been said,well done.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent wing position & IQ. I like the pose, fanned tail & great detail in blacks.