Lesser Sand Plover

[Aditya Sridhar]

This Sand Plover was super tame and I was able to get very close to it. However, these birds are so incredibly tiny that even at 700mm, this is about a 50% crop! This image was shot as the sun broke through the clouds right after sunrise. In hindsight, I wish I'd gotten an inch higher to get the toes in the frame, but I liked the worm and the raised leg, so I hope they compensate somewhat (also the worm would've blended in with the sand) :t3 I also stopped down to f/10 (f/8 was the max. aperture) for more DOF.

Camera - Nikon D850
Focal Length - 700mm
Aperture - f/10
Shutter Speed - 1/2000s
ISO - 2000
Handheld
Manual, Auto ISO

As always, all comments & CC are appreciated! :bg3:

[Tim Munsey]

That's sooooo pretty, very delicate top notch.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful little bird, love everything about the image. I think your critique is spot on regarding the toes and foot. Thank you for sharing, Aditya.

[Kamal Hari Menon]

A fine image with nice action.

great angle too..

TFS

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Exquisite capture, Aditya. Wonderful soft light on this beauty, and nice low point of view. Like the worm as well.


Geoffrey




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[Bill Dix]

A beauty of a shot, and a new bird for me. Good POV; better to get the worm than the toes. Nicely done. (I could imagine a version with about half of the oof foreground cropped out.)

[John Mack]

This one is spot on all around.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Excellent Image. I love the color palette. Simple and cute. Very nice point of view and depth of field.

Well done.

TFS