Theme: BB Plover juv.

[Ilija Dukovski]

I'm back. I finally managed to spend some time this morning
prostrated flat on the cold, very cold, mud at Revere beach.
There are tons of shorebirds there, mostly juvs.

Nikon D700, 300mm+TC14, flash @ -2/3, ISO400, f/5.6, 1/400
30% crop, work on the BG.


Cheers,

Ilija

[Dumay de Boulle]

I like the white and pastel BG...Nice pose....IQ is lacking a bit

[arash_hazeghi]

cute pose I agree with Dumay regarding IQ, was it a big crop?

[Randy Stout]

Ilija:

Very nice feel, sense of a young bird learning to function in a bit world.

Nice colors, low intimate (muddy :t3) angle.

I agree about the IQ. I might also add a sliver to the right to give him more room to move into.

Cheers and good to see you back.

Randy

[Mital Patel]

BB juv? Ilija are these BB Plovers breeding near ur place ? btw for image yea its lacking a bit of IQ but i am happy to see any waders juv in such form so better luck next time and cheers for this one for now :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

BB juv? Ilija are these BB Plovers breeding near ur place ?
Hi Mital,

No these are mostly 1st year birds, hatched in the arctic. This one most likely
on the north shores of Canada, Buffin Is. to Banks Is. or so. It is full swing migration
in the Boston area right now, and all the "kids" are going south. Lots of parents too.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thanks for the comments, this is a large crop, no NR though, and the light conditions were
just horrible. The pastel color is a brick building on the beach.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the great pastel color and super low angle . I agree about IQ

[Arthur Morris]

Interesting pose, out of the box image design. Does not look too good....

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I like the pink hues, low angle and the foot out of water. hopefully, you get better chances from a closer distance.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thanks again for the comments, appreciated.