American Golden-Plover from Nome

[Matthew Studebaker]

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Nome, Alaska | June | Canon 1D4 | Canon 600mm f4 IS | 1.4x | f5.6, 1/250, ISO 400

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Pretty awesome Matthew. Lovely setting, perch, exp. The calling pose is icing on the cake.
Seems to have been raining?

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Matthew! I like the pose, perch, BG, composition and setting.

[Jim Buescher]

Sweet image Matthew! That's one fine looking bird in an equally fine setting.

[Brendan Dozier]

Real nice composition, Matthew, and like the calling pose, beautiful habitat, colors, and BG. The light rain drops are nice touch. Well done!

[Alan Murphy]

Such a beautiful habitat, plumage and image. I can't wait to go to Nome with you next June.

[Bryan Hix]

Beautiful Matthew. I love the calling pose and the rain/snow blurs.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Very nice calling pose with sweet perch & BG, Very well exposed. TFS

[RakeshDhareshwar]

This is a perfect example of how settings can enhance the beauty of the bird . This is par excellence !!!

[christopher galeski]

excellent,love everything about this image,great perch,would make a nice painting.well done.

[Christian Neumann]

The most beautiful inmage of an American golden plover i have ever seen. The flowers and the low boulder the bird uses as a perche give a sense of the summer tundra. And the calling pose of the bird is just stunning. Needless to mention that it is technically perfect, too (I love the low angle and the background). Congratulations, Matthew!

[yogesh_puranik]

wow..very beautiful and powerful image nice colors compo sharpness and dof

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great setting here Matthew... :cheers:

[Petros Petrou]

Top quality image! I love the calling pose, the perch and the background.