Black-bellied Plover

[Michael Zajac]

Canon 1D Mark III
500mm +1.4 ex.
1/640 sec. at f/7.1
ISO 400
+2/3 EV
Tripod low to ground
Morning at Sandy Hook

[denise ippolito]

Michael, Beautiful details and exposure. The plover is sharp and I like the walking pose. Nice to capture the mouth open w/ the meal. Very nicely done.

[Arthur Morris]

Nicely done. Looks like a sand crab meal. Note the vestigial hind toe that is absent in American Golden-Plover. I would have liked to have seen this a bit wider to give the shells on the left some room.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great capture of this moment, I like the sharpness, angle and head angle and agree on a slightly wider crop and would tone down the highlights at the lower back.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Pretty cool feeding behaviour captured, and I love the tongue keeping the morsel tight in the mouth! I agree with the suggestions already offered, and would add that the pupil could go blacker.

[adrian dancy]

Interesting capture. Nicely exposed. I agree with AM on giving the pebbles more room.

[Jim Fenton]

Really enjoy the action of feeding represented here.

Sharpness looks great.

I would like to see the eye a bit lighter and I'd tone down both the rump and the bright shell on the left.

Agree with Artie and others regarding more room on the left of the image. A bit of a pano might work well here.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Class one Micheal, loved the light, details and angle. the feed in the mouth put this over the top.

congrats..