Hanalei Plower

[dankearl]

Pacific Golden Plover enjoying the North shore of Kauai.

1/1600, iso640, f6.3, 400mm (70-200 w/ 2x), D800, HH

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[Arthur Morris]

For the repost I went NIK 50-50 on the bird only along with a contrast mask at 15/65/0 as the bird looked as if it could use some more sharpening/detail. And toned down the YELLOW a bit. Are you back home or still there?

[dankearl]

Like the repost, Arthur, Unfortunately I am back in dreary Oregon.
All the birds I shot were a bit soft, A not great easy travel combo, The 70-200 vrii for all around and I took a 2x
For birds which is not ideal with that lens. If I had known the variety of birds there, I would have taken a bigger lens.
I shot mainly Landscape, the Napali coast and Waimea Canyon.
I may post some of those.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice low angle light and extra sharpening helps. I wish he had not interested with the veggies in the BG

[Graeme Cox]

Very nice image, great low angle,they are such a great little bird, they have started to arrive in our area I will be out early tomorrow to see if I can catch a few images

[gail bisson]

Welcome back Dan,
Great low POV and I like Artie's repost.
Do you have the next frame where he has moved away from the bright vegetation?
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, lovely low angle, and the bent left leg just adds that little bit more from a normal pose. I would maybe take a bit off the top.

[David Salem]

The exact same thing happened to me Dan.
I had been to Maui a few times so last year I decided to bring my pro body to try to get some bird shots. If I would have known there were so many cool birds there I would have brought the big lens as opposed to my 100-400. Its ok but not near as sharp as my 500 so most of my shots like yours are a hare soft due to the lens we chose to take on vacation. Looks like you may have found your birds in the same type of areas that I did, around golf coarse lawns and nicer neighborhoods front lawns.
I found allot of stuff while I was there including Francolin. These Plovers were all over the lawns of some of neighborhoods I drove. Nice capture on this one with a good pose and color. The sharpening helped. Gives us a reason to go back. Next Trip !!

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and the repost is an improvement.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the plover and its' walking pose, and I also like the manicured lawn. Not so crazy about the brightness of the highlights in the vegetation in the BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image. I like the walking pose, beautiful colors in the frame and above all the 3D effect caused by BG and FG.

Regards,
Satish.