Masked Lapwing with Chick

[John Cooper]

Commonly nest on open farm land around my home town during late winter.
Canon EOS 10D, Canon 100-400mm, Natural light with fill-flash, 1/125 sec F11, Hide/Tripod

[Arthur Morris]

Hi John, Well done as we are coming to expect. Great head angle for the adult, good one for the chick. If you could have worked out a way to photograph from the blind at ground level, the image would have been much more intimate but you probably would have lost the lower half of the chick... IAC, well done.

later and love, artie

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice photograph! I'm not normally a huge fan of square compositions but with the two birds looking outward in oppsite directions it looks fine like this. A sharpening halo is visible along the top of the head of the adult.

[Jim Poor]

The little ones always make for good images, especially with parental interaction. Very nice.

[Thonnaksar NOP]

Hi John,
I often photograph this bird and know it is very difficult to get that close and have the white feathers well exposed.
Love your lighting, both natural and flash, and composition. Just hope one day to come cross the whole family like that near my home town too...