Having a soak-Semi-Palmated Plover

[gail bisson]

I always enjoy watching birds resting quietly in the water on a really hot day.
This little guy had a nice soak at sunrise.
Nothing fancy here but I love the light in this image.
Canon 1 DX and 600mm II 1.4 X III
ISO 800 F 5.6 SS 1/2000
PP: Crop to 70% FF, usual sliders in LR5,off to CS5 for levels and a touch of DE on the breast., USM to JPEG. Nothing cloned or added.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful image, Gail! Magic light, super exposure, very nice colors. Love both foreground and BG and I love the smooth water and the distant BG. I can imagine it gave you a little trying how to crop it. I'd loos some from the top. Well done.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Wonderfull quality of light on this beauty, Gail. One can sense the expression of relief. Like the smooth foreground and BG with the narrow ripple in the water.


Geoffrey

[Marina Scarr]

Love the simplicity of this image and the light and feel are divine.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice low angle and light, I'd put more room on the bottom to allow for virtual feet

[stuart wanuck]

beautiful docile image clear and detailed great bg

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, lovely light, wonderful low POV. Thank you for sharing, Gail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the crop as is, nicely done with a sweet BG and really lush light. Although minimal I get the illusion the image may need a tiny bit of CCW rotation. Makes me antsy for their migration back through in a couple of months!!

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto all the positives comments above. Looks like JBWR. As this species has short legs, there is plenty of room for the virtual feet. And I love the framing of the image as posted. Exactly as posted. a

[Arthur Morris]

ps: no hyphen in semipalmated :)

[David Salem]

I love it as posted also Gail. The detail and colors are beautiful and I like the fact that it is in the water but still isn't soaked. Well done