Kentish Plover, Breeding Plumage

[Rahul Sachdev]

Clicked this one on the western coast of India last summer.
These guys return back early in the summer (Indian) to their breeding grounds and a week or two prior to that start acquiring their breeding plumage.

Clicked with a 50D + 500mm lens. ISO 200, Shutter speed of 1/250 at f8 (from memory..so not 100% sure)

[subramanya_ck]

Cute looking bird. Love the BKGR Colors. Low angle has worked out well here

[DanWalters]

Nice low angle and I really like the raised foot.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Looks fabulous against that mysterious, dark BG. Very nice work. :)

[Dan Brown]

Great looking "click" Rahul! I like the sharpness, comp, low angle and BG.

BTW, is the Kentish Plover the same species as our Snowy Plover? I have and older shorebird guide that shows the Snowy as a subspecies of the Kentish? Anyone know the latest?

[Stu Bowie]

I like the low perspective, and the raised foot shows good movement. The colours of the little guy stand out so well against the darker BG.

[Geraldo Hofmann]

Fantastic picture I like th espotlight effect with the different lit background

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Rahul, beautiful image. The background, HA and the raised foot works very well.

[Jan Wegener]

a hrad bird to get. You got a lovely capture of it. Love the raised foot.