Melissa Groo
09-07-2013, 10:45 AM
Canon 1D Mark IV
500mm +1.4x
Tripod spread low, sitting in water facing beach.
1/2500
f/5.6
ISO 500
Thinking about shorebirds a lot these days and wishing I lived closer to a coast or great lake to catch them on their migration. This is from my time on Long Island a few weeks ago, with Grace, Gail and Emily. I love watching Semipalmated Plovers, as they suddenly scurry, and then just as suddenly freeze, sometimes coming quite close.
The background is some colorful rocks on the beach that were a ways off, the plover was standing out on a bit of a spit. I liked the fiery-colored BG here as much as the bird.
The whites on him took quite a bit of taming. He was facing into the sun. Hope they are ok now.
Thanks for looking, and for any comments and critiques, much appreciated.
500mm +1.4x
Tripod spread low, sitting in water facing beach.
1/2500
f/5.6
ISO 500
Thinking about shorebirds a lot these days and wishing I lived closer to a coast or great lake to catch them on their migration. This is from my time on Long Island a few weeks ago, with Grace, Gail and Emily. I love watching Semipalmated Plovers, as they suddenly scurry, and then just as suddenly freeze, sometimes coming quite close.
The background is some colorful rocks on the beach that were a ways off, the plover was standing out on a bit of a spit. I liked the fiery-colored BG here as much as the bird.
The whites on him took quite a bit of taming. He was facing into the sun. Hope they are ok now.
Thanks for looking, and for any comments and critiques, much appreciated.