Wilson's Plover with prey.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Had the opportunity to photograph a few Wilson's Plovers last month during Artie's IPT in Florida. The prey item seems to be a some type of crustacean. This guy started to run all of a sudden and from a burst of 4 shots this was the only sharp and subject-unclipped frame.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @ 400mm, aperture priority, eval metering, 1/1250s., f/7.1, ISO 400, +0.3 EC, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition ( ~75% full frame).

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_WilsonsPlover_0098-01.jpg

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

You really do get the sense that he is running off with his chow.

Nice exposure, capture of the action, framing. Hard to tell about the head angle on lunch!

I might consider cloning out the mud clump in right lower corner.

Thanks so much for sharing!

Randy

[Graham Smith.]

Nice Shot Daniel,
The running pose and dangling crustacean give it a little something extra. Good details and colour on the bird.

[Fabs Forns]

Yes, Daniel, they are always after the little crabs or whatever they are. Great exposure and running pose. Not crazy about the mud, though.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice job on showing the sense of motion. Like the colors and the crab.

[Robert Amoruso]

Bird is good and sharp, lots of detail, sense of motion on the run and with his meal. Good work capturing the action.