Calling Golden Plover

[Carl Day]

Hi All,

I've not posted anything for a while so, I thought I'd share one from my trip to Scotland (Uist's) - A Calling Golden Plover.

I've wanted to capture this for a while but have struggled only grabbing record shot's, happy with this one though.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p373/Grimfangdango/Golden-Plover-Calling-From-A-Rock_zps219e3a7a.jpg

Canon 5D 3 - Canon 500mm + 1.4 - 1/1600s F5.6 ISO 800 - Handheld

Cheers,

Carl.

www.carldayphotography.co.uk (http://www.carldayphotography.co.uk)

[William Dickson]

Nice one Carl, lovely colours, even the perch looks Scottish :w3 Well done

[Joe Galkowski]

I love the lighting and colours on this. Everything seems to be in harmony from the soft BG pallet, to the interesting rock perch, to the feather patterns on the plover. The open beak also make the shot. I can almost hear him. The low angle of view really simplifies this image. Nicely done.

[christopher galeski]

nice one Carl,good POV,perch and BG magic,the calling pose good,the plumage match's the rock,may be take some off top of frame.

[Carl Day]

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.

Chris, thanks. I did think about taking a little more off the top but it didn't quite look right, looked a little too central.

Cheers,

Carl.

[Marina Scarr]

What a fine image!!! It's crisp, the color palette is awesome and I love that calling pose. While you could go tighter, I am liking the space you have given the plover!

[Carl Day]

Thanks Marina.