Banded Lapwing with Eggs

[John Cooper]

Canon EOS 5D, Canon 100-400m lens, ISO 200, Natural light/ hazy sky, 1/125 F11, Hide/Tripod

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi John,

This is very nice. The flower are a nice touch to the image. I find the eggs lovely camouflaged.

[Robert O'Toole]

Amazing details, the egg patterns and the flowers are excellent. The bird is very nice also.

Wish this wasnt from a hide, I cant help think what this would look like shot from the ground in a lying position.

Robert

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great setting and details. A lower angle might have been good, but then, you don't want to disturb nesting birds.

[Arthur Morris]

Superbly beautiful. I would suggest a small crop from below to eliminate the two leaves (???) on the frame-edge just below the undertail coverts and in the lrh corner. Doing so would make a great image even stronger as they currently draw the viewer's eye away from the subject a bit.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice image. Love this species. Have you tried with smaller aperture?
Szimi

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Very nice image John. I am tad jealous, as I have not yet seen this species. Maybe you can in Sydney's far west where I live, just never came across it yet. Where abouts did you capture this beautiful lapwing?

A lower angle would have been awesome. But I do like the fact that you had included all the flowers and the earthy surrounds also make it warm and aesthetically pleasing for my taste.