Proud Plover

[Bill Dix]

I liked the upright strutting pose of this fellow. Little Estero in November. Slight crop for comp.

D7000, 700mm, ISO 500, 1/2000s @ f/7.1 manual

[Jon Swanson]

It looks like you had super light Bill! I love the raised foot and the eye contact . The techs are spot on. I love this image!

[PhilCook]

Perfect Bill, wonderful light and so well controlled with detail showing through on the whites. Great " strutting " posture too with a nice glint/catchlight in the eye, I can't see anything worth improving upon, well done that man !

[Greg Oakley]

Beautiful clean wader image, Bill - great light, pose and background - and the raised foot is icing on the cake!
I didn't see the species name anywhere...
Cheers, Greg

[Karl Egressy]

I love the raised foot and the overall pose and the light is great, Bill. Details in the sand in the forground gives a sense of habitat.

[Mike Milicia]

I also like the upright strutting pose of this fellow!

Nice setting and BG ... low angle works well here.
Could see just a tad more room on the right.

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful shot Bill.
Just love the walking pose with raised foot, exposed perfectly, excellent detail, and great low angle.
Very well done.

[David Salem]

This is really nice Bill. For the shot, I dont think you could have done any better. Techs are all perfect and its great that you got the raised foot frozen. Well done.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful clean wader image, Bill - great light, pose and background - and the raised foot is icing on the cake!
I didn't see the species name anywhere...
Cheers, Greg

Sorry Greg. It's a Black-bellied Plover in non-breeding plumage.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Neat image, Bill. Love the strutting pose and the eye contact. The IQ is brilliant and so is the light.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone for your comments.